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Living Wage Calculator Recently Updated

Last Updated: June 25, 2007 | Related resource areas: Entrepreneurs & Their Communities


Use the Living Wage Calculator to find out what is required to make a living wage in your community.


Released June 19, 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In many American communities, families working in low-wage jobs make insufficient income to live locally given the local cost of living. Recently, in a number of high-cost communities, community organizers and citizens have successfully argued that the prevailing wage offered by the public sector and key businesses should reflect a wage rate required to meet minimum standards of living.

The living wage calculator estimates the cost of living in your community or region. The calculator lists typical expenses, the living wage and typical wages in the location you have selected.

  • Shift-Share Analysis to help identify local growth engines.
  • A pointer to living-wage estimations for the region according to various family sizes and the type of industries that pay living wages in your area.

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http://www.livingwage.geog.psu.edu/


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