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Hospitality workers’ wages are rising faster than high earners’ in most states

Eden Austin waits on customers at the Same Day Cafe in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago, on Aug. 18, 2023. The city of Chicago is debating whether to continue the practice of paying waitstaff at restaurants a sub-minimum wage plus tips. Currently, the minimum wage in Chicago is $15.80 for larger businesses, while waitstaff is allowed to be paid a minimum wage of $9.48 with the remainder being earned with tips. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/TNS)
Eden Austin waits on customers at the Same Day Cafe in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago, on Aug. 18, 2023. The city of Chicago is debating whether to continue the practice of paying waitstaff at restaurants a sub-minimum wage plus tips. Currently, the minimum wage in Chicago is $15.80 for larger businesses, while waitstaff is allowed to be paid a minimum wage of $9.48 with the remainder being earned with tips. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/TNS)
By | Tribune News Service
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Pay hikes over the past four years have lifted the wages of people who work in hospitality nearly 30% on average.

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