The tables below provide living wage estimates for individuals and households with one or two working adults and zero to three children.
The poverty wage and state minimum wage are for reference purposes. The state minimum wage data is sourced from the Labor Law Center and includes the minimum wage in a given state as of January of that year. For further detail, please reference the Methodology page. The data on this page was last updated on February 10, The table below shows the costs of each basic need that go into estimating the living wage.
Like with the living wage, their values vary by location and family size. When available, this data is specific to a given metro area. Amy K. Glasmeier and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Accessibility. Toggle navigation Living Wage calculator. Methodology FAQs Contact. Please do not scrape the data. If you are interested in using the data found on this website, please submit a Living Wage Data Request.
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