claim: "there is no state in the u.s. where a 40-hour minimum wage work week is enough to afford a two-bedroom apartment."
author: facebook posts
evidence_1: jun 12, 2017 ... the absolute least that an employer is legally allowed to pay an employee for an  hour's work varies across the country, but one fact remains constant: in no state  does working 40 hours a week for minimum wage enable a person to rent a  median two-bedroom apartment. that's according to new research by ...
evidence_2: may 25, 2016 ... for poor americans, even a one-bedroom place is out of reach. there's not a  single state in the u.s. where a minimum-wage worker can comfortably afford a  one-bedroom by working a 40-hour week. the map below shows the hours per  week this worker would have to put in live in a modest one-bedroom ...
evidence_3: how much do you need to earn to afford a modest apartment in your state?  hourly wage required to afford a two bedroom rental home by state. ..... a renter  earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour would need to work 117  hours per week to afford a two-bedroom rental home at the fair market rent and  94.5 ...
evidence_4: jun 8, 2017 ... there is nowhere in this country where someone working a full-time minimum  wage job could afford to rent a two-bedroom apartment, according to an annual ...  you would have to earn $17.14 an hour, on average, to be able to afford a  modest one-bedroom apartment without having to spend more than 30 ...
evidence_5: jun 16, 2015 ... today, there are no u.s. states where minimum-wage workers can afford to rent  an average one-bedroom apartment, according to a recent study from the ... of  course, there are other options open to workers: put in more than 40 hours a  week or find a better-paying job, although the latter may be tough for ...