Making Rent on minimum wage... how many hours would it take you in your state?

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Making the Rent on Minimum Wage | Smart Charts, What Matters Today | BillMoyers.com

So much reporting about the economy is focused on unemployment numbers, but as writer Nona Willis Aronowitz pointed out on Good yesterday, a much less reported story is the number of people who have jobs but are “barely clinging to a decent lifestyle.” Two recent reports show that while employment numbers may be on the upswing, having a job doesn’t necessarily mean you’re on easy street.
In fact, if you’re working at a low wage job, you’re most assuredly not — and that’s the reality for a significant number of Americans. Consider this statistic from Aronowitz’s post:
“In 2010, one in five American adults worked for poverty-level wages, 4.4 million of whom earned wages at or below the federal minimum.”
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, but that figure varies depending on where you live. A few weeks ago, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released their annual housing report documenting the disparity between what minimum wage workers can afford to pay for rent and how much rent costs. While it’s not surprising that these workers have trouble paying their rent, it is shocking to see just how big the gap is in many states. For example, in Hawaii, the most expensive state, a person needs to make $31.68 an hour to afford a two-bedroom apartment. (An apartment is considered affordable if rent and utilities cost under 30 percent of a person’s income.) For someone making minimum wage, that would mean working 175 hours — which isn’t even possible (since there are only 168 hours in a week). The disparity exists for every state and commonwealth with the shortest work week in Puerto Rico, where you would still need to work 55 hours to make the rent.

Since 2008, the affordability of housing has steadily eroded for working households in 24 states. Nearly one in four working households spends more than half its income on housing costs, according to a new report from the Center for Housing Policy.

Click on the map above to see how many hours minimum wage earners would have to work to afford rent on a two-bedroom apartment in all 50 states. Learn more about the report on the NLIHC blog.

 

[havoc00]

i make 7.50 an hour and i dont feel like doin math

 

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i make 7.50 an hour and i dont feel like doin math

Marc, it would take you 138 hours.

you live in Jersey right?

 

[ugksam]

88

so just over 3 and a 1/2 days out of a 7 day week

 

[havoc00]

Marc, it would take you 138 hours.

you live in Jersey right?

yep

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

@ West Virginia

@Hawai'i

77 for Michigan.

 

[Bilz]

Marc, it would take you 138 hours.

you live in Jersey right?

Judging by the stories in here, that CVS would be out of business within a week if Havoc was working that many hours

 

[Sweet James]

What is the rent.......?

 

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What is the rent.......?

too damn high

 

[YBE]

nikkas in those bumfukk states like North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama could move out the house on a fastfood job. I know from living down TN, you can get an apartment for $400 in some cities. Most minimum wage joints average out to $1200-$1300 a month.

and if you got a side hustle too

and if you get some ho to move in

I decided to go to school in DC though

 

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nikkas in those bumfukk states like North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama could move out the house on a fastfood job. I know from living down TN, you can get an apartment for $400 in some cities. Most minimum wage joints average out to $1200-$1300 a month.

and if you got a side hustle too

and if you get some ho to move in

I decided to go to school in DC though

You lost

Gassed up broads who aren't even average going to places like NYC,Mia or LA... or even places like Houston Atlanta.

Rampant quasi thuggery from down low nikkas.

insane cost of living for an overall living experience that isn't worth the money unless you're really caking


Shoulda went to USC nikka

 

[YBE]

You lost

Gassed up broads who aren't even average going to places like NYC,Mia or LA... or even places like Houston Atlanta.

Rampant quasi thuggery from down low nikkas.

insane cost of living for an overall living experience that isn't worth the money unless you're really caking


Shoulda went to USC nikka

LA just as expensive. The bytches bad though i've heard

I should've had the foresight to go to school down south. Morehouse or A&T.

 

[Ninjaz In Paris]

what is rent?

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

nikkas in those bumfukk states like North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama could move out the house on a fastfood job. I know from living down TN, you can get an apartment for $400 in some cities. Most minimum wage joints average out to $1200-$1300 a month.
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that's 12+ hour days 6 days a week or 10+ hours 7 days a week...either case that's not normal nor is it an ok quality of life. the people i know working those hours are making 100's-millions so the trade off is worth it.

this map clearly displays how fukked the COL has gotten in relation to wages and poses an imminent threat to the viability of a middle class and a stable society

 

[beenz]

damn, u can almost in WV on minimum wage. hell, if u got some roomates, you'd easily be