• GlitterInfection@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    In some places $20 is just over minimum wage these days. But you couldn’t afford to live in those places on $20/hr.

    • Etterra@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Wait what? $20 for minimum wage? In what universe? Am I being gaslit? What’s going on here?

        • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
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          7 months ago

          I’m curious if businesses actually get health insurance for the employees for $275 a month (difference / hour with 40 hour work weeks) and how the quality of the package they get compared to what the employees could get themselves for $275/month.

          I’m not familiar with the various healthcare types in America though.

        • Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
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          7 months ago

          I don’t think they were saying it was a lot, just that they’re not familiar with anywhere where $20/hr is anywhere approaching minimum wage. Brought to you by the federal $7.25 minimum.

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        7 months ago

        $20/hr is 40k/year assuming 40 hour weeks, 50 weeks/year. Average rent is 1750/month which is $21,000/year. The rule of thumb for affordable rent is 30% of gross income, at $20/hr the average apartment is actually going to cost you over 50% of your gross income. It’s hard out there for a pimp.

        • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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          7 months ago

          In PA we’ve had two minimum wages for as long as I can remember, based on whether the position is traditionally a tipped one or not.