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Type an employer's name as it appears on a pay stub or a storefront. The list searches every one of the 9,579 Illinois employers on the record: the 2,957 with a page of their own open it, and the rest show their whole record in the result line.
From the Labor Department file
Illinois at a glance
- Investigations closed
- 11,500
- With a violation found
- 8,507
- Back wages agreed
- $140,915,240
- Workers due back wages
- 154,920
- Civil money penalties
- $6,860,441
- Employers on the record
- 9,661
- Employers with a page
- 2,957
- Latest case in the file
- March 2026
By year
Investigations closed in Illinois by year
Investigations closed per year, counted by the year the findings ended. Blue bars: cases. The file runs from fiscal 2005; the latest year is partial.
Biggest cases
Employers with the most back wages agreed
The fifty employers in Illinois with the most back wages agreed, all cases combined.
Largest civil money penalties
Latest
Employers whose newest case closed last
Employers with a page whose most recent case closed last, by year.
By industry
Where the violations are found
| Sector | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation and food services | 2,963 | $31,462,034 | 25,237 |
| Health care and social assistance | 1,437 | $25,410,606 | 33,325 |
| Construction | 1,120 | $12,164,448 | 6,444 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 395 | $10,173,034 | 5,191 |
| Administrative, support and waste services | 874 | $9,629,179 | 9,577 |
| Manufacturing | 803 | $8,767,059 | 7,824 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 729 | $8,712,261 | 6,283 |
| Retail trade | 1,064 | $7,780,507 | 10,126 |
| Information | 182 | $6,600,673 | 29,201 |
| Other services | 500 | $5,424,082 | 4,186 |
| Finance and insurance | 139 | $2,778,743 | 3,773 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 75 | $1,821,100 | 3,994 |
| Wholesale trade | 149 | $1,329,246 | 1,230 |
| Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 19 | $1,114,513 | 802 |
| Public administration | 51 | $1,114,132 | 356 |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 112 | $1,064,140 | 1,317 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 279 | $514,884 | 541 |
| Utilities | 20 | $499,518 | 132 |
| Educational services | 60 | $391,306 | 273 |
| Management of companies | 7 | $11,480 | 10 |
| Industry not stated | 522 | $4,152,293 | 5,098 |
Every case in Illinois by the sector of its industry code, ranked by back wages. The last row holds the cases whose code names no sector, so the column adds up to the 11,500 cases on the state record.
The 25 industries with the most back wages
| Industry | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full-Service Restaurants | 1,918 | $22,184,015 | 16,303 |
| Home Health Care Services | 160 | $8,227,603 | 5,201 |
| Nursing Care Facilities | 410 | $7,423,207 | 12,218 |
| Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications | 36 | $5,838,369 | 28,361 |
| Limited-Service Restaurants | 587 | $4,336,953 | 3,892 |
| Security Guards and Patrol Services | 127 | $3,602,227 | 2,748 |
| Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores | 216 | $2,127,368 | 1,323 |
| School and Employee Bus Transportation | 22 | $1,930,627 | 853 |
| Landscaping Services | 168 | $1,646,204 | 1,265 |
| Janitorial Services | 243 | $1,556,109 | 1,769 |
| Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services | 33 | $1,539,195 | 208 |
| Limited-Service Eating Places | 96 | $1,532,926 | 796 |
| Custom Computer Programming Services | 34 | $1,527,364 | 417 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | 91 | $1,515,604 | 1,630 |
| Commercial and Institutional Building Construction | 108 | $1,430,773 | 844 |
| All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 34 | $1,411,305 | 596 |
| Local Nursing Homes | 58 | $1,407,935 | 1,123 |
| Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities | 34 | $1,366,770 | 1,432 |
| Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing | 73 | $1,302,972 | 791 |
| Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers | 16 | $1,275,295 | 2,367 |
| Special Needs Transportation | 13 | $1,273,955 | 919 |
| Residential Building Construction | 128 | $1,270,911 | 799 |
| Ambulance Services | 29 | $1,224,781 | 1,818 |
| Computer Systems Design and Related Services | 40 | $1,175,914 | 202 |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Services | 128 | $1,152,516 | 5,320 |
Industries as the Department codes them, the 25 of 925 with the most back wages.
By county
Illinois on the record by county
| County | Employers | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook County | 4,360 | 5,145 | $73,095,144 | 62,628 |
| DuPage County | 929 | 1,006 | $16,979,145 | 14,722 |
| Sangamon County | 259 | 307 | $7,066,541 | 29,909 |
| Lake County | 411 | 453 | $6,109,009 | 7,136 |
| Will County | 443 | 478 | $5,112,704 | 4,617 |
| Kane County | 285 | 326 | $4,998,336 | 3,919 |
| Peoria County | 212 | 232 | $4,059,247 | 5,061 |
| St. Clair County | 246 | 273 | $2,740,218 | 2,199 |
| Kendall County | 57 | 61 | $1,512,918 | 988 |
| Madison County | 239 | 259 | $1,404,933 | 2,272 |
| Champaign County | 207 | 229 | $1,376,292 | 1,433 |
| McHenry County | 169 | 178 | $1,249,329 | 995 |
| McLean County | 149 | 178 | $1,220,731 | 1,360 |
| Macon County | 105 | 126 | $954,384 | 1,455 |
| Winnebago County | 152 | 165 | $951,309 | 1,407 |
| Rock Island County | 133 | 152 | $903,345 | 1,317 |
| Gallatin County | 5 | 10 | $830,871 | 584 |
| Whiteside County | 18 | 19 | $731,007 | 392 |
| Crawford County | 13 | 40 | $667,150 | 948 |
| Richland County | 11 | 14 | $542,427 | 137 |
| Williamson County | 75 | 77 | $496,133 | 429 |
| Tazewell County | 99 | 116 | $488,386 | 773 |
| Vermilion County | 60 | 72 | $445,657 | 496 |
| Kankakee County | 65 | 69 | $438,672 | 829 |
| Stephenson County | 16 | 18 | $431,603 | 598 |
| Moultrie County | 13 | 15 | $373,603 | 167 |
| Coles County | 58 | 65 | $348,093 | 555 |
| LaSalle County | 62 | 65 | $291,441 | 544 |
| Adams County | 61 | 67 | $287,060 | 398 |
| White County | 14 | 17 | $269,469 | 296 |
| Iroquois County | 19 | 24 | $266,222 | 201 |
| Boone County | 25 | 28 | $206,222 | 201 |
| Christian County | 28 | 33 | $204,011 | 228 |
| Union County | 29 | 37 | $194,993 | 387 |
| Jo Daviess County | 13 | 13 | $176,773 | 150 |
| Marion County | 33 | 35 | $160,357 | 208 |
| Fayette County | 16 | 17 | $152,084 | 46 |
| Effingham County | 43 | 46 | $151,571 | 192 |
| Morgan County | 40 | 43 | $146,636 | 118 |
| Montgomery County | 38 | 40 | $138,318 | 176 |
| County not stated | 38 | 61 | $662,687 | 288 |
The forty counties with the most back wages, the county read from each employer's ZIP code; the last row counts the cases with no usable ZIP or city.
By city
Cities in Illinois on the record
| City | Employers | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 2,105 | 2,523 | $40,446,191 | 33,142 |
| Springfield | 224 | 266 | $7,022,196 | 29,798 |
| Peoria | 197 | 216 | $4,199,339 | 4,875 |
| Naperville | 139 | 152 | $2,719,333 | 1,634 |
| Schaumburg | 139 | 150 | $2,504,449 | 2,499 |
| Elgin | 83 | 92 | $2,095,326 | 1,905 |
| Arlington Heights | 84 | 96 | $2,052,348 | 596 |
| Bensenville | 45 | 51 | $1,951,944 | 850 |
| Franklin Park | 46 | 50 | $1,892,662 | 543 |
| Elk Grove Village | 85 | 91 | $1,666,628 | 1,043 |
| Des Plaines | 98 | 109 | $1,641,356 | 1,163 |
| Skokie | 64 | 70 | $1,395,170 | 2,273 |
| Lombard | 59 | 61 | $1,380,504 | 635 |
| Elmhurst | 38 | 39 | $1,353,986 | 1,667 |
| Aurora | 119 | 131 | $1,191,309 | 1,355 |
| New Lenox | 17 | 18 | $1,163,056 | 1,377 |
| Westmont | 34 | 38 | $1,122,767 | 521 |
| Roselle | 22 | 22 | $1,103,408 | 616 |
| Champaign | 128 | 139 | $1,030,966 | 1,053 |
| Bloomington | 108 | 131 | $991,965 | 907 |
| Yorkville | 15 | 16 | $960,130 | 435 |
| Lake Forest | 17 | 21 | $949,457 | 1,037 |
| North Aurora | 16 | 19 | $904,786 | 182 |
| Villa Park | 50 | 51 | $896,129 | 707 |
| Decatur | 87 | 104 | $882,346 | 1,341 |
| Rosemont | 11 | 12 | $857,585 | 135 |
| Niles | 60 | 64 | $849,750 | 675 |
| Park Ridge | 38 | 38 | $813,539 | 1,002 |
| Equality | 1 | 1 | $809,993 | 545 |
| Chicago Heights | 55 | 81 | $805,450 | 1,190 |
| Rolling Meadows | 28 | 29 | $788,778 | 202 |
| Oak Brook | 31 | 36 | $785,545 | 511 |
| Rockford | 105 | 116 | $743,836 | 1,183 |
| Glenview | 48 | 52 | $730,957 | 2,651 |
| Hoffman Estates | 40 | 48 | $711,912 | 399 |
| Joliet | 108 | 121 | $703,714 | 791 |
| Scott Afb | 8 | 9 | $697,418 | 186 |
| Berwyn | 42 | 43 | $685,045 | 515 |
| Buffalo Grove | 29 | 34 | $684,182 | 2,222 |
| Palatine | 55 | 61 | $672,122 | 1,412 |
| Robinson | 13 | 40 | $667,150 | 948 |
| Morton Grove | 28 | 31 | $649,292 | 432 |
| Mount Prospect | 41 | 43 | $643,905 | 331 |
| Wood Dale | 21 | 24 | $626,040 | 576 |
| Waukegan | 60 | 63 | $623,997 | 395 |
| Sterling | 8 | 9 | $609,187 | 326 |
| Downers Grove | 69 | 70 | $575,307 | 413 |
| Deerfield | 26 | 30 | $572,564 | 560 |
| Bolingbrook | 77 | 79 | $570,780 | 484 |
| Saint Charles | 45 | 48 | $567,697 | 292 |
| Belleville | 82 | 89 | $558,166 | 876 |
| Lisle | 39 | 41 | $547,607 | 640 |
| Mokena | 28 | 31 | $543,323 | 326 |
| Moline | 58 | 66 | $542,705 | 757 |
| Olney | 11 | 14 | $542,427 | 137 |
| Lincolnshire | 12 | 12 | $542,169 | 444 |
| East Saint Louis | 47 | 51 | $525,557 | 435 |
| Rock Island | 43 | 54 | $522,529 | 355 |
| Northbrook | 61 | 64 | $521,884 | 637 |
| Bloomingdale | 24 | 26 | $510,019 | 2,765 |
Cities as the Department recorded them, ranked by back wages; a linked city opens its public records page.
If you are owed wages
Where to file a wage claim in Illinois
In Illinois a wage claim can go to the state: Unpaid Wages, Illinois Department of Labor takes claims under state law, which often covers more than the federal rules. The federal route is the Division's page on how to file a complaint with the Wage and Hour Division with what to send and where. The Division also keeps a search of back wages owed to workers it collected and could not deliver.
Straight answers
Illinois wage and hour records, questions
How many wage and hour cases does the Labor Department record in Illinois?
11,500 closed investigations of 9,661 employers between fiscal 2005 and the April 22, 2026 snapshot, 8,507 of them with a violation found, with $140,915,240 in back wages agreed and $6,860,441 in civil money penalties.
Which Illinois employer owed the most back wages?
Cingular Wireless, LLC of Springfield, with $5,581,636 agreed across 7 cases, which is the top of the table above.
Does this record include claims filed with the state?
No. It is the federal file alone: investigations the Wage and Hour Division closed. Claims filed with a state labor office, private lawsuits and settlements are not in it, so an employer missing here is not an employer with a clean record.
What does back wages agreed mean?
The amount the employer agreed to pay the workers the Division found were owed, computed at the federal minimum wage and overtime rates. It is not a court judgment, and the file records the agreement, not whether every dollar was paid.
How current is the record?
The Department refreshes the file about once a quarter. This page reads the snapshot dated April 22, 2026, whose latest closed case is from March 2026.
Where do I file a wage claim in Illinois?
In Illinois a wage claim can go to the state: Unpaid Wages, Illinois Department of Labor takes claims under state law, which often covers more than the federal rules. The federal route is the Division's page on how to file a complaint with the Wage and Hour Division with what to send and where. The Division also keeps a search of back wages owed to workers it collected and could not deliver.
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Where this record comes from
The record comes from the Wage and Hour Division compliance action data published by the U.S. Department of Labor, snapshot dated April 22, 2026 and read for this page on November 5, 2026, counted here by employer, year, industry, county and city for Illinois alone. The Wage and Hour Division made the findings. The Illinois public records page lists the state's other record offices, and the national wage theft records page ranks every state.
Disclaimer. The wage and hour information here is for general information only. It comes from the Labor Department's closed case file as the Department publishes it, which can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and a case on this record is not a court judgment and not an admission by the employer. Check with the Wage and Hour Division before you rely on it. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.