Here's how much you need to make in each state to rent a two-bedroom apartment
Number one issue for unions in 2015?
Money.
Bottom line: There are too many employees who simply cannot live day to day on the wages they are paid.
How much money does it take to live? That depends on where you live.
The State maps at the link before show how much an American worker needs to earn per hour in each State to rent a two-bedroom apartment. You will see that in no State can a person earning minimum wage afford such an apartment at market rates.
Read more: http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/05/mapping-the-hourly-wage-needed-to-rent-a-2-bedroom-apartment-in-every-us-state/394142/?utm_source=atlanticFB#ixzz3d3NaF8XB
Money.
Bottom line: There are too many employees who simply cannot live day to day on the wages they are paid.
How much money does it take to live? That depends on where you live.
The State maps at the link before show how much an American worker needs to earn per hour in each State to rent a two-bedroom apartment. You will see that in no State can a person earning minimum wage afford such an apartment at market rates.
Read more: http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/05/mapping-the-hourly-wage-needed-to-rent-a-2-bedroom-apartment-in-every-us-state/394142/?utm_source=atlanticFB#ixzz3d3NaF8XB
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