Living Wage by Region

These are the hardest places for minimum wage workers to live, By Ana Swanson September 14, 2015, Washington Post: “You might have a rough sense that workers who earn the minimum wage in America aren’t making enough to cover the cost of a decent living. But how big is that gap really? A professor at MIT created a new interactive map that shows where it’s hardest for those earning the minimum wage to get by. Amy Glasmeier created a tool called ‘The Living Wage Calculator,’ which shows the hourly rate that an individual needs to earn to support their family for every county in the country…”