Families and individuals working in low-wage jobs make insufficient income to meet minimum standards given the local cost of living. We developed a living wage calculator to estimate the cost of living in your community or region based on typical expenses. The tool helps individuals, communities, and employers determine a local wage rate that allows residents to meet minimum standards of living.

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AvalonBay may not be a household name, but it is a name associated with thousands of households a...
Mr. Ade Samuel and Dr. Amy K. Glasmeier 10/16/2018

AvalonBay may not be a household name, but it is a name associated with thousands of households across the U.S. The American company is one of the nation’s largest exchange listed real estate investment trusts (REITs) with an estimated total enter...

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Living Wage Local Spotlight
Ade Samuel and Dr. Amy K. Glasmeier 10/05/2018

Living Wage Local Spotlight

Location: Dallas, Texas

Living Wage: $11.15 per hour

Minimum Wage: $7.25 per hour

One of the major cities in a state that was grown rapidly over the last three decades, Dallas, Texas makes for an interesti...

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Bare Facts About the Living Wage in America 2017-2018
Carey Anne Nadeau and Dr. Amy K. Glasmeier 08/30/2018

The minimum wage sets an earnings threshold under which our society is not willing to let families slip; nonetheless, it fails to approximate the basic expenses of families in 2017. An analysis of the living wage, compiling geographically specifi...

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