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Toggle navigation Living Wage calculator Articles Methodology FAQs Contact WHAT IS THE LIVING WAGE CALCULATOR? Today, families and individuals working in low-wage jobs make too little income to meet minimum standards of living in their community. We developed the to help individuals, communities, employers, and others estimate the local wage rate that a full-time worker requires to cover the costs of their family’s basic needs where they live. Explore the living wage in your county, metro area, or state for 12 different family types below. The data was last updated on February 14, 2024. Select a Location Go Search for a state, city, or metro area Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Recent Articles VIEW ALLHow Much Does it Take to Cover A Person’s Cost of Living in America’s Largest Metro Areas? Diamond Thompson and Dr. Amy K. Glasmeier 04/17/2023 In a recent study, Patrick Villanova of Smart Asset assessed how much a single adult with no children would need to live comfortably in the 25 largest US metro areas. Using data from the MIT Living Wage calculator, Villanova found that St. L... READ MOREStudents Across the Country Bargaining for Higher Wages Diamond Thompson and Dr. Amy K. Glasmeier 04/17/2023 Beginning in July 2023, the University of Arizona employees will receive a pay increase, raising their internal minimum wage to $15. Using data from the MIT , which estimates that a single adult in Tucson, Arizona, would need... READ MOREWalt Disney Services Trade Council Union Reaches An Agreement Diamond Thompson and Dr. Amy K. Glasmeier 03/29/2023 The Services Trades Council Union at Walt Disney, representing more than 45,000 Disney employees, reached a contract agreement with the Walt Disney Corporation in late March. The collective bargaining unit, which means six individual unions, h... READ MORESchool Employee Wages Lag Behind Cost of Living; Strike Concludes with a Wage Increase Diamond Thompson and Dr. Amy K. Glasmeier 03/25/2023 On March 20, 2023, the Los Angeles Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 99 union (with the support of the Los Angeles Teacher’s Union), representing 30,000 Los Angeles School District employees, started a three-day strike, demanding ... READ MORESupporters Please do not scrape the data . If you are interested in using the data found on this website, please submit a Living Wage Data Request . For further information, please visit the FAQs and Methodology pages or submit a question or request through the Contact page. © 2024 Dr. Amy K. Glasmeier and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology SIGN...