As of July 1, minimum wage for businesses in Chicago with 21 or more employees become $15.80 an hour. For smaller businesses with 4 to 20 employees, the rate is $15.

Large companies with tipped employees must pay at least $9.48 per hour, and tipped employees at smaller businesses receive at least $9 an hour.

Cook County had a similar minimum wage increase July 1. The minimum wage for businesses inside Cook County but outside of Chicago increased to $13.70 an hour for non-tipped workers and $8 an hour for workers who earn tips.

The county says the ordinance applies to hourly, salaried, and tipped employees over the age of 18, working in Cook County, even those who may be working within Cook County to make deliveries or driving within the County limits.

The minimum wage in greater Illinois is $13 an hour for workers 18 and older.