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

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.

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.

Paychecks for more than 40 percent of American workers are lagging the rate of inflation, and it’s likely middle- and ...

Illinois' new salary transparency law is all about closing gender, racial wage gaps Starting Jan. 1, under a change to the Illinois Equal Pay Act, job seekers should get wage and benefits ...

A reform package passed late last year will make improvements to Illinois' woefully underfunded public pension system, but the state's budget gap still will increase to $13 billion by 2025 if ...

Wage Gap Will Cost Each Black Woman $1 Million Over Time, Study Shows. On average, a Black woman makes $50,470 annually at the median compared to $79,950 for a White man.