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

A new study found Illinois to be among the worst in the country when it comes to pay gaps between genders. Here's what you need to know. The study done by QRFY with JournoResearch, a digital PR ...

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

But a new study suggests that the American dream is still more elusive for some people in Illinois than for others, and that the pathway up the economic ladder is not easily scaled.

And Illinois ranks number 28 on a state wage gap breakdown, according to the National Women’s Law Center. Overall, women in Illinois earn 79.3 cents for every dollar a man makes, which is on par ...

Here's why: U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth claims the gender pay gap is bad for white women doing the same job as men and it's even worse for "women of color." The Illinois Democrat in a recent tweet ...

Laws are on the books in Illinois designed to help close the damaging gender wage gap, but many women are unaware of them. To change that, a $350,000 grant has been awarded to the Illinois Departme… ...

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.

Sponsors of the bill say in Illinois, closing the gender wage gap would translate into a 16% increase in women’s earnings, totaling $20.5 billion, a huge boost for the state’s economy.

Illinois legislators included so-called opportunity transparency when enacting this year's pay equity law, which takes effect in 2025, and Colorado's legislature beefed up requirements for next ...