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Minimum Wage Needed to Meet Cost of Living in US States (OC) (europe.pub)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by ToastedRavioli@midwest.social to c/dataisbeautiful@mander.xyz

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By popular demand, one last map to examine the absurdity of the American economy.

If you saw my map from yesterday that was up most of the day, please see the corrected version below. I done goofed hard on copying a column of state names. The original post has been corrected, but I will also post my previous two maps on this post for easy comparison.

Edit: the red map, for anyone unaware, is based on current individual state minimum wages and not the current federal minimum wage

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[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

$20,000 annual discretionary budget is a level of wealth I struggle to wrap my head around. And that's considered part of the "cost of living"? I wouldn't even know what to do with that much extra money

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 6 points 2 days ago

Just one example:

A 2023 Pew Research Center survey of 24 countries asked respondents how many countries they had traveled to outside of their own. Surprisingly, the U.S. isn’t even in the top 10 list of the most-traveled countries; it comes in at No. 13, with roughly three-quarters of Americans responding that they had traveled to at least one other country.

It says “surprisingly” but its not surprising to me at all, considering I can hardly afford to travel domestically like twice a year, let alone internationally on top of that. By contrast,

According to the survey, Swedish residents are the most traveled nationality in the world. Over half have traveled to 10 or more countries. Indeed, for Swedes, not traveling abroad is rare, with over 99% of them reporting having visited another country.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

OK is wrong, my wife makes 16 an hour and can afford to pay for home if barely. 25 an hour would be closer to what is needed.