The study found that, even with the same college degree, students from low-income families earn less than those from middle ...

Across all states, the average man’s wage as a full-time worker was $61,661.60, compared to the average yearly wage for a full-time working woman of $50,314.66. How does Illinois rank?

The study analyzes U.S. Census Bureau data and found tipped wage hikes are shown to increase, rather than decrease, the hourly wage gaps between minority tipped employees and white tipped employees.

Can you afford rent in Illinois? What about Rockford, Peoria or Springfield? Here are the highlights of the 2025 "Out of ...

Perhaps the report’s starkest revelation is an ever-widening income gap. Three decades ago, median Illinois household income was $73,000 in inflation-adjusted dollars, compared with $79,000 today.

The study examined the effects of raising the wage to $10, $13 and $15 an hour. At $10 an hour, it said, the increase would affect 353,000 workers, most of them women.

Until last year, the Illinois gender wage gap was consistently wider than the U.S. average — which has barely budged in the past two decades. The state’s new law aligns with a growing national ...

Major choices strongly predict gender wage gaps, even when accounting for occupation choice. But too often, women still lag behind men who study the same subject. The study was published by Dan Black ...