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Post by cmpeter on Jun 27, 2014 15:40:20 GMT
Interesting...it's $9.64 an hour for my city, but really jumps up if you have kids ($20.53 for one adult, one kid.) What's the living wage in your city? Living Wage Calculator
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Post by monicad on Jun 27, 2014 15:46:56 GMT
$12.01 for one adult. There's no way you could live on that right now with our housing prices.
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Post by ingrid6 on Jun 27, 2014 15:51:16 GMT
$10.33 for one adult. You'd be hard pressed to be able to live on that.
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Post by lumo on Jun 27, 2014 15:53:33 GMT
For 1 adult, $9.12. For 2 adults and 1 child (my family), $17.49.
I'm not sure I understand why 1 adult and 1 child ($18.89) is more than 2 adults and 1 child.
Interesting site!
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Post by 1lear on Jun 27, 2014 15:53:54 GMT
Mine is $13.22 for one adult.
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Post by agengr2004 on Jun 27, 2014 15:55:17 GMT
$8.66/hr for one adult, $17.38 for 2 adults, 1 child. Maximum shown is just shy of $22.
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Post by smartypants71 on Jun 27, 2014 16:04:00 GMT
Mine was $9.24 and $19.11 for one child. The adult only one seems really low, while I could see the one adult/one child one being much more realistic.
I do think the hourly rates are much higher here than what the site quoted - at least for the professional rates.
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Post by johnnysmom on Jun 27, 2014 16:07:42 GMT
For 1 adult, $9.12. For 2 adults and 1 child (my family), $17.49. I'm not sure I understand why 1 adult and 1 child ($18.89) is more than 2 adults and 1 child. Interesting site! Because of child care. With 2 adults they assume you don't need childcare, which you would if there was just 1 adult. |
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Post by johnnysmom on Jun 27, 2014 16:09:34 GMT
$7.97 here for 1 adult (min wage is $7.40).
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Post by FrozenPea on Jun 27, 2014 16:09:56 GMT
Interesting. 1 adult $8.91. Says housing for a single adult $660. In reality that would get you a "dry" cabin here, as in one room cabin with no running water. I only know this as dd is looking for a new apartment. She pays $1100 for a 2 bed, 1bath place right now.
I wonder how they get their numbers.
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Post by MizIndependent on Jun 27, 2014 16:10:07 GMT
Sure, that's a living wage if you "live" on Top Ramen and eggs and don't do anything other than work and go home, home being a one room shack in the poverty stricken section of town.
Who makes these things?!? A 5-second glance at reality would disprove this b.s.!
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Post by Scrapper100 on Jun 27, 2014 16:10:11 GMT
11.38 for one adult and 20.91 for two adults and one child. Honestly I made more than $13 an hour in grad school back in the 90's and there was no way I could afford to live on my own in a small apartment anywhere near a safe area. I can't imagine what kind of place we would have to live in if we made only 20.91 an hour today. Two bedroom apartments around here go for more than they say you should pay for rent by quite a bit and that is not living in a luxury apartment by any stretch.
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Post by lumo on Jun 27, 2014 16:11:54 GMT
For 1 adult, $9.12. For 2 adults and 1 child (my family), $17.49. I'm not sure I understand why 1 adult and 1 child ($18.89) is more than 2 adults and 1 child. Interesting site! Because of child care. With 2 adults they assume you don't need childcare, which you would if there was just 1 adult. Ahh. That makes sense. |
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Post by shevy on Jun 27, 2014 16:13:30 GMT
$15.29 for two adults. Unless I can count my dog as my child...
But it puts housing at $741/month. We have a rental shortage and according to the rental community, there are no rentals under $1000/mo. $271 for monthly medical? I pay more than that with my employer based insurance for two people and that's not including the copays for anything. |
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Post by traceys on Jun 27, 2014 16:25:24 GMT
Mine is seven-something for one adult. This is not a particularly high cost of living area, but living expenses were something like $332 and you can't really do that around here that I know of. Even rentals that used to be in that price range or maybe just a little above have gone up because the university just across the state line added a medical school and suddenly there are new people looking to rent.
Food costs have also gone up quite a bit, and there is no public transportation. While gas is somewhat high, I guess it's not as bad as it could be, because you don't have to drive as far to get around town. Still, that would be a pretty tight wage, even just for one person.
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Post by hop2 on Jun 27, 2014 16:29:20 GMT
Sure, that's a living wage if you "live" on Top Ramen and eggs and don't do anything other than work and go home, home being a one room shack in the poverty stricken section of town. Who makes these things?!? A 5-second glance at reality would disprove this b.s.! Yea, it's a little low for my area too. Rutgers did a study on how much it costs to live by county in NJ I thought was more realistic, these figures would have you in the hole about $10,000 per year no matter which category you are in. $900 for rent?  You can't rent a one bedroom for less than $985 and you need to be a senior over 65 for that. More like $1,100. And there are no studios in existence in my town so you can't rent less than a 1br. $260 for transportation? On a bicycle maybe. We don't have public transportation here and $260 is not going to cover insurance and gas much less vehicle maintenance. The numbers must be generated by a computer that has no idea certain things do not exist everywhere. Like the fact that my town has zero studios and no public transit. If we had those then the number would be more accurate. (except the food that's just a 5 year old figure. ) |
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Post by cmpeter on Jun 27, 2014 16:39:29 GMT
I was surprised how low the estimates are, but I haven't shopped around for rentals lately. I live in a suburb of Seattle and they had our minimum wage the same at Seattle, which I know can't be true. It was interesting to see how far off the living wage was from the minimum and poverty wages.
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Post by thecurleyque on Jun 27, 2014 16:46:17 GMT
$7.67 for one adult, minimum wage is $7.40
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Post by Jubel on Jun 27, 2014 16:56:13 GMT
$8.67 for one adult, $17.70 one adult one child. Minimum wage is $7.25
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Post by Ellie on Jun 27, 2014 17:51:37 GMT
$9.59/hour for 1 adult, with $693 allotted for housing. Way low. You'd be hard-pressed to find a studio-let alone a one bedroom-apartment for that amount here.
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Post by kimpossible on Jun 27, 2014 19:48:14 GMT
$9.20 for one adult and $19.87 for one adult/one child.
Seems so low!
I'm in Phoenix, AZ area
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Post by blueswede on Jun 27, 2014 19:52:40 GMT
$11.51 for one adult. I thought the expense breakdowns were pretty accurate. Rent was about $900.
Hi, Kim!!
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You can't rent a one bedroom for less than $985 and you need to be a senior over 65 for that. More like $1,100. And there are no studios in existence in my town so you can't rent less than a 1br. $260 for transportation? On a bicycle maybe. We don't have public transportation here and $260 is not going to cover insurance and gas much less vehicle maintenance. The numbers must be generated by a computer that has no idea certain things do not exist everywhere. Like the fact that my town has zero studios and no public transit. If we had those then the number would be more accurate. (except the food that's just a 5 year old figure. )
