Jun 12, 2017 ... The absolute least that an employer is legally allowed to pay an employee for an  hour's work varies across the country, but one fact remains constant: In no state  does working 40 hours a week for minimum wage enable a person to rent a  median two-bedroom apartment. That's according to new research by ...
May 25, 2016 ... For poor Americans, even a one-bedroom place is out of reach. There's not a  single state in the U.S. where a minimum-wage worker can comfortably afford a  one-bedroom by working a 40-hour week. The map below shows the hours per  week this worker would have to put in live in a modest one-bedroom ...
How Much do you Need to Earn to Afford a Modest Apartment in Your State?  Hourly wage required to afford a two bedroom rental home by state. ..... A renter  earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour would need to work 117  hours per week to afford a two-bedroom rental home at the Fair Market Rent and  94.5 ...
Jun 8, 2017 ... There is nowhere in this country where someone working a full-time minimum  wage job could afford to rent a two-bedroom apartment, according to an annual ...  You would have to earn $17.14 an hour, on average, to be able to afford a  modest one-bedroom apartment without having to spend more than 30 ...
Jun 16, 2015 ... Today, there are no U.S. states where minimum-wage workers can afford to rent  an average one-bedroom apartment, according to a recent study from the ... Of  course, there are other options open to workers: put in more than 40 hours a  week or find a better-paying job, although the latter may be tough for ...
There is no state in the U.S. where a 40-hour minimum wage work week is enough to afford a two-bedroom apartment.