Fact Sheet: The Key to Saving the Illinois Restaurant Industry Post-Covid 19

The subminimum wage for tipped workers is still just $6.60 an hour in the state of Illinois. A direct legacy of slavery, the subminimum wage raises wages for a workforce of nearly 200,000 tipped workers that is 63 percent women and 40 percent people of color, and positively impacts an overall restaurant workforce of 333,000 workers in Illinois.

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