I am looking for jobs in my college town, mind, I grew up in Chicago where the minimum wage is $15.80/hr for tipped and non-tipped employees, its $10.10, do people really put up with this, thinking of going back to substitute teaching (I made like $25/hr at 19 doing that and the average teacher in my (home) state makes like 72k). how does one live on 10.10, after both states income tax, federal and FICA, its nothing