Living wage in the United States

The living wage in the United States vary by county and state and is the minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs.[1] These needs include shelter (housing) and other incidentals such as clothing and nutrition.

Living wage is the wage that a person working forty hours a week, with no additional income, should be able to afford the basics for quality of life;

Living wage activists define a living wage as the wage equivalent to the poverty line for a family of four. This is two adults working full-time with one child age nine and another of age four.

Living wage allow workers to gain money at the time that cover their living expenses, and allow social mobility avoiding to citizens to stay in a poverty trap caused by low and unfair minimum wages.

Living wage by states in the US

The following is a table with minimum wage vs living wage in the US for families of 4 (2 parents and 2 children) with one of the parents working in 2016:

City Minimum wage ($/Hr) Living wage for a family of four ($/Hr) Wage gap ($/Hr)
Los Angeles 10[2] $28.10[3] 18.10
Miami 8.05[4] 22.72[5] 14.72
Washington D.C. 10.50[6] 21.18[7] 10.68

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