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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Value-Based Compensation
Dr. Joseph Arwady 03/10/2022

Security Officers are heroes, first responders, and life safety resources. They are professionals who deserve to be compensated commensurate with their contributions.

These highly trained men and women are required to protect our places of busi...

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Target will pay a $24-an-hour minimum wage in tightest labor markets
Associated Press 03/01/2022

The Workers at Target stores and distribution centers in places like New York, where competition for finding and hiring staff is the fiercest, could see starting wages as high as $24 an hour this year.

The Minneapolis-based discount retailer he...

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The WAGES of DECENT LIVING A realistic minimum income tops $52,000 across South Florida. How do ...
ROGER WILLIAMS rwilliams@floridaweekly.com 02/26/2022

WHEN A SOCIAL MEDIA FRIEND shared an advertisement for a one-room, one-bath rental in a county on the southwest coast the other day, she got 84 responses. The ad featured a photograph of a room with four white walls, a white ceiling and a ceil...

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Notification of Approximate Release Date for 2022 Data
Dr. Amy K. Glasmeier 02/26/2022

The living wage calculator (LWC) is a data series that has been an ongoing effort for the past 19 years. We expect to publish the 2022 LWC revision come early March. As the pandemic approaches the two year mark, the continuing recovery of the nati...

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