Chicago hospitality jobs suffered a blow today when a new report on the restaurant industry revealed the minimum wage most of these workers in Chicago receive.

According to the report, more than 80 percent of the cooks, servers, hosts, busboys and bartenders in the Chicago metropolitan area make less than $10 an hour.

The report, entitled, “Behind the Kitchen Door,” was compiled by the Chicagoland Restaurant Industry Coalition, a group of academics, workers rights advocates, unions, and restaurant owners and employees. The findings are based on 582 worker surveys, plus interviews with restaurant workers and employers in Cook County, conducted between Sept. 2008 and May 2009.

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The film industry in Illinois not only has a sizable impact statewide, but as of late has particularly created many Chicago media jobs.

In 2007, according to a press release from the State of Illinois, Illinois film productions allowed for more than 26,500 hires statewide, a 110 percent increase from 2006.

Most recently, the new Batman movie The Dark Knight was shot in Chicago, and brought nearly $40 million in revenue to the state’s economy, making it the largest movie filmed in Illinois on record. The film created 4,500 Chicago jobs.

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