What You Need to Earn to Rent a Decent One-Bedroom in America

"Unsurprisingly, the “housing wage” is much higher than the minimum wage in much of the country.… As a commentary on the national minimum-wage debate, this map is limited. While it suggests that a minimum-wage worker can’t afford housing in Seattle (where the one-bedroom housing wage is $17.56 an hour), in reality that person probably finds housing by renting a room in someone else’s home, by living in the cheapest part of town, or by working considerably more than 40 hours a week." Being local to Seattle I can attest to this - I know many individuals who rent rooms or live farther away in cheaper areas and commute to city jobs, to be able to afford rent on low incomes.

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