Living Wage Calculator

Last night in my Social Policy class, my teacher showed us this interesting website. http://www.livingwage.geog.psu.edu/

You can type in any city in the country and examine cost of living and a person (or family) would need to make to just make ends meet. It’s far above the federal poverty line of $20,000 for two adults and two children.
You can also scroll down and find out how various jobs pay in different areas. Interestingly, in urban areas social services pays below the living wage. However, in most rural ares it pays above the living wage.

Check it out!

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Published:
2.13.08 @ 10am by Sarah
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