
Einkommensdaten: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2023/2023-state-and-county/est23all.xls
Lebensunterhaltungsdaten: https://www.epi.org/resources/budget/budget-map/
Interaktive Karte: https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/idad6/1/
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So basically no one is at „living wage“ levels? Does living wage require a Lambo? Hard to take this kind of stuff seriously.
What is this supposed to depict? The areas where the rich are exploiting the poor? High household income to living wage ratio isn’t a good thing. You want both of them to be high and growing, not one of them growing at the expense of the other.
The living wage data says it’s for two adults and two children.
Is the average household two adults and two children?
Edit: Census.gov tables for 2024 indicate the average household is 2.51 people. So the living wage estimate is going to be way too high.
https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/families/households.html
Go to the family budget calculator at https://www.epi.org/resources/budget/ You can type in the number of adults, number of children, and the county. You will see what it costs and it’s shocking. Even if you can eliminate health care because you get it from work, it’s still shocking.
The housing and food is spot on if you rent, maybe a little too low. I dont know what child care costs, but Ive heard its a lot. Transportation seems high, but my job is close and I drive a beater. For us, 1 adult and 1 older child, in a tiny 1980s built apartment, the cheapest I can find, driving one 1999 car, health insurance covered by my job, no savings (paycheck to paycheck), no entertainment or meals out, no phone data, cheap hotspot only internet, used or very cheap clothes, no college, it costs me around $2700 a month. This doesn’t even include my student loan payments. Add those and it’s $3200 a month.
Lane County, Oregon. I dont see how we could spend any less.
At 160 hours of work a month, I need to make a minimum of $20 an hour. This is bedrock minimum for poverty level, with no savings, no retirement, renting at excessive rates forever, with no chance to save and buy a home.
Minimum wage here is $15 an hour. It’s $7.25 nationally.
Is this the % of households that earn a living wage? The average household income as a percentage of the living wage? Is the living wage adjusted for local cost of living?