The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) has released an updated 2025 Minimum Wage notice and a new Equal Pay Act Pay Transparency Notice. The revised minimum wage poster reflects the wage increase from $14.00 to $15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2025, along with updates on equal pay and paystub details. The new transparency notice requires job postings for Illinois-based roles—or remote jobs reporting to Illinois managers—to include pay and benefits. Both updates are now part of the State of Illinois labor law poster for 2025.
Why Did the Illinois Minimum Wage Increase in 2025?
The Illinois minimum wage rate has increased by $1 annually since 2021 due to legislation signed in 2019. Unlike other states that adjust their minimum wage rates each year for inflation, the annual Illinois increase reflects the final stage of a six-year legislative plan to increase the state’s wage rate from $8.25 per hour in 2029 to the new $15.00 per hour rate in 2025. All Illinois employers must display the revised 2025 Minimum Wage poster to inform workers of the increase and other critical provisions of the state’s wage & hour laws.
What Are the Minimum Wage Rates for Youths Under 18 and Tipped Workers in 2025?
The revised 2025 poster also includes minimum wage rates for workers under 18 and employees who customarily receive tips or gratuities. As of January 1st, 2025, the youth worker minimum wage rate for individuals under 18 working less than 650 hours per calendar year is $13.00 per hour. The minimum wage for tipped workers is $9 per hour.
What Else Changed on the Minimum Wage Poster?
In addition to the 2025 wage increase, the department's revised poster reflects new provisions regarding unpaid wages and equal pay. Specifically, the unpaid wages section of the poster now explicitly states that employers must provide a paystub to Illinois employees each pay period. The equal pay section of the poster now states the requirement to disclose compensation and benefits in job postings.
Who is Required to Display the New Equal Pay Act Pay Transparency Notice?
The new Equal Pay Act Pay Transparency notice reflects recent updates to the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003. Employers with 15 or more employees must conspicuously display the new poster in an area frequented by applicants and employees.
The poster explains that job postings from covered employers must include compensation and benefits information. Such employers must also inform existing employees about all new job postings. The poster also states that individuals may file complaints about pay transparency in job postings for up to one year and are protected from retaliation for exercising this right.
Employer Takeaways
All employers must post the 2025 Illinois Minimum Wage Poster in an area where notices to employees are customarily posted. Businesses should retain the prior 2024 poster version for up to three years for recordkeeping purposes. In addition, employers with 15 or more employees must post the updated Equal Pay Act Pay Transparency notice and ensure that all job postings clearly include the required pay rate and benefits information. For those operating in the city, Chicago labor law posters offer an easy way for Illinois employers - especially those based in Chicago - to stay compliant with both state and city posting requirements, ensuring their workplaces meet all labor law standards.
Keep up with labor law updates using our 2025 Illinois labor law posters, which seamlessly include both state and federal compliance information in a single, easy-to-display format. The Equal Pay Act Pay Transparency poster is included as a side panel supplement so that covered employers with 15 or more employees can display it, while smaller employers can discard it or use it purely for reference. Our all-on-one compliance solution is guaranteed to include all recent updates to any required state and federal posters. Customers of Labor Law Posters Online who have subscribed to our annual automatic poster update service will receive the updated notices at no additional cost. This ensures continued compliance with the latest regulations pertaining to Illinois labor posters.
