How Many Minimum Wage Hrs Does It Take To Afford A 2-Bedroom Apartment In Your State?

[Leftsolidarity]

http://www.upworthy.com/how-many-minimum-wage-work-hours-does-it-take-to-afford-a-2-bdrm-apartment-in-yo?rc=p

[A Revolutionary Tool]

130. Yay, I'm lucky if I get 30 hours a week!

[Blake's Baby]

My state (the United Kingdom) isn't listed. But I can do maths, so I'm going to work it out and show my working.

Let's assume that Florida at 97 hours (I notice) has a minimum wage of $10 an hour and it takes 100 not 97 hours so that's a grand; I guess that's a month, not a week, because you couldn't really work 100 hours a week anyway.

A two bedroom house where I live (no idea about flats) is about £500 a month - about $800 I guess so a little cheaper than Florida. Minimum wage is about £6 (about $9) so about 85 hours, ish, for the monthly.

That's pretty appalling really.

Very interesting way of looking at the statistics. Nice.

[Leftsolidarity]

Actually, I may be wrong but, I think those are "per week" hours.

In the key it says "Above 88 hours per week" so I think that really applies to all the numbers.

Yeah, it's not possible to work that many but I think that's the point. For some people it is actually impossible to find real housing.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

id guess at least three minimum salaries to afford a two bedroom flat here in the city. at least. most minimum wage workers live in the outskirts or in substandard housing.

[PC LOAD LETTER]

My state (the United Kingdom) isn't listed. But I can do maths, so I'm going to work it out and show my working.

Let's assume that Florida at 97 hours (I notice) has a minimum wage of $10 an hour and it takes 100 not 97 hours so that's a grand; I guess that's a month, not a week, because you couldn't really work 100 hours a week anyway.

A two bedroom house where I live (no idea about flats) is about £500 a month - about $800 I guess so a little cheaper than Florida. Minimum wage is about £6 (about $9) so about 85 hours, ish, for the monthly.

That's pretty appalling really.

Very interesting way of looking at the statistics. Nice.
FL's minimum wage is $7.67/hr ... this chart's probably based on the federal minimum to easily compare between states, which is $7.25. So a 97-hour work week at $7.25/hr

$703.25/wk before taxes
$36,569/yr before taxes
$27,792.44/yr after taxes (24% estimate)
$2,316/mo after taxes
$534.47/wk after taxes (4.3wk/mo)

So, in Florida, you'd have to work enough minimum wage hours to make $36,000 a year. That's an absurd workload.

[Blake's Baby]

...
In the key it says "Above 88 hours per week" so I think that really applies to all the numbers...

Wow, I hadn't noticed that part... that's really really appalling then. I thought working 85-100 hours a month to pay for your rent was shit.

I'm so happy I'm on the dole and scrounging off decent honest taxpayers.

[Bostana]

77

[NoOneIsIllegal]

73, woooo!

[Sasha]

an 40m2 social rent appartment here amsterdam will cost (subsidized by the state who about doubles your rent towards the once cooperations now privatised corperations who got the houses for a symbolic ammount) at least 300 euro's, so if you are not legible (anymore) for this subsidie but still poor enough to be alowed to live in a social rent house you will need to pay at least E 550,-. Minimum wage for a +23 year old is atm E 333.85 if you work a 40 hours a week full time job so if your on minimum wage at least one full week your working for your rent.

(note also that the waitinglists for a social rent appartment is 8 to 15 years, student rooms will easily set you back 400,- euros for a few square meters and minimum wage is below 23 years old a lot less than above).