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12. On minimum wage, people are hard-pressed to rent a room, let alone an apartment.

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 09:52 AM

Nov 2012

We don't even need to be talking about two-bedroom apartments. In many areas even a rented room costs more than a minimum-wage worker can afford.

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Great chart. Thanks. nt Live and Learn Nov 2012 #1

Why would a peasant need more than one bedroom? leftstreet Nov 2012 #2

home theater? trailmonkee Nov 2012 #4

Who has time to sleep working 88 hours a week. progressoid Nov 2012 #6

Many construction jobs are longer hours than that. JoeyT Nov 2012 #9

A bedroom? They should stick to studio apartments! Iris Nov 2012 #14

you can't afford a 1 bedroom with minimum wage. vilify Nov 2012 #5

Old news... and very misleading. thesquanderer Nov 2012 #7

'paying kids?' You think only 'kids' make minimum wage? leftstreet Nov 2012 #15

Did you read my post? thesquanderer Nov 2012 #24

How many jobs pay the minimum wage today? leftstreet Nov 2012 #26

Again, that's a different discussion. thesquanderer Nov 2012 #29

but not on minimum wage thesquanderer Nov 2012 #25

property management companies KT2000 Nov 2012 #28

+1000 LongTomH Nov 2012 #33

If everyone had at least a LIVING WAGE this would not be a problem. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #8

In California, the minimum wage would have to be $26.02 an hour... Kaleva Nov 2012 #10

NY is more than a little skewed by the City and surroundings. Heywood J Nov 2012 #11

Same with Michigan Kaleva Nov 2012 #18

K&R woo me with science Nov 2012 #13

Do the charts take into account the different mmonk Nov 2012 #16

Here's a great link to detailed info on miminum wage SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2012 #19

Interestingly, far more women work at or below minimum then do men. Kaleva Nov 2012 #20

Yep SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2012 #21

Yes. Thanks for posting the link to it! Kaleva Nov 2012 #22

No problem - I'm a numbers geek n/t SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2012 #23

So true, unfortunately demmis19566ie Nov 2012 #27

The 1% have a great Plutocracy running in the USA. Rex Nov 2012 #30

We've taken the wrong tack for years with minimum wage. ElboRuum Nov 2012 #31

If you have a 2 bdrm apt, you have two wage earners, I would think. Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #34