I was talking to someone recently about employment and housing. How do you know the minimum hourly wage that you need to earn and what amount should you expect to pay for rent? Here are some links for Living Wage (the hourly rate that an individual must earn to support themselves or their family, if they are the sole provider and are working full-time) and Fair Market Rent (the amount that is required to rent a modest and standard apartment): Living Wage, Fair Market Rent.
Coincidentally, I just finished re-reading Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America.
