Illinois Minimum Wage 2024 Tipped Employees 2024. Tipped workers will see their minimum wage rise to $8.40 per hour, while youth workers under 18, working fewer than 650 hours per year, will now earn $12 per hour. Pursuant to the minimum wage ordinance (sec.

Notably, the city of chicago establishes its own minimum. Illinois labor law allows tipped employees to be paid a lower cash wage than the standard illinois minimum wage by.