Illinois Minimum Wage 2024 Tipped Employees. The minimum wage for tipped workers will rise to $8.40 per hour and youth workers (under 18) working fewer than 650 hours per calendar year will see their hourly wage increase to $12 per hour. Some local governments set minimum wage rates higher than their respective state minimum wage.

Employees who are under 18 and work fewer than 650 hours in a calendar year may be paid at a rate of $10.50 per hour. Under the proposal, all tipped workers in illinois would be paid the state’s minimum.