WHAT IS THE LIVING WAGE CALCULATOR?
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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Martha Ross Brookings Institution Washington 01/23/2020

Your editorial “The Economy’s Inequality Dividend” (Jan. 11) suggests that things are getting better for low-wage workers. You gloss over the real economic hardship by focusing only on growth rates without also considering actual wage levels.

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BALTIMORE SUN EDITORIAL BOARD 01/21/2020

If you want to be an entry level correctional officer in Maryland, this is what you can look forward to, according to a job description posted by the state: being on call 24 hours a day and subduing and restraining inmates “during fights, riots an...

Frank Calio 01/20/2020

Here we go again. As soon as raising the state’s minimum wage is mentioned, out of the woods comes Dr. John E. Stapleford scaring up the public with doom of businesses closing their doors should such an increase occur. (“Minimum wage hike would ...

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