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Toggle navigation Living Wage calculator Articles About WHAT IS THE LIVING WAGE CALCULATOR? Families and individuals working in low-wage jobs make insufficient income to meet minimum standards given the local cost of living. We developed a living wage calculator to estimate the cost of living in your community or region based on typical expenses. The tool helps individuals, communities, and employers determine a local wage rate that allows residents to meet minimum standards of living. 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 ALL >> Cost of Living Estimation for City of Malden, Massachusetts Frank S. Li and Dr. Amy K. Glasmeier 02/05/2020 By Frank S. Li M.P.P. student at Brandeis University Research Associate at the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy January 2, 2020 All measures of family economics fundamentally must communicate whether people are able to live and subsis... READ MORE >> All is Not Well For Low Wage Workers Published in The Wall Street Journal Martha Ross Brookings Institution Washington 01/23/2020 Your editorial “The Economy’s Inequality Dividend” (Jan. 11) suggests that things are getting better for low-wage workers. You gloss over the real economic hardship by focusing only on growth rates without also considering actual wage levels. M... READ MORE >> Maryland prison staffing ‘crisis’ endangers inmates, officers BALTIMORE SUN EDITORIAL BOARD 01/21/2020 If you want to be an entry level correctional officer in Maryland, this is what you can look forward to, according to a job description posted by the state: being on call 24 hours a day and subduing and restraining inmates “during fights, riots an... READ MORE >> Commentary: Too many people aren’t earning enough to get by. Delaware State News Frank Calio 01/20/2020 Here we go again. As soon as raising the state’s minimum wage is mentioned, out of the woods comes Dr. John E. Stapleford scaring up the public with doom of businesses closing their doors should such an increase occur. (“Minimum wage hike would ... READ MORE >> Thanks to Our Partners Please do not scrape our data. As a general practice, due to resource constraints and to preserve numerical integrity, we limit distribution of data. Contact Amy Glasmeier for questions about data use agreement. Become a partner. © 2020 Dr. Amy K. Glasmeier and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology SIGN IN...