http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0918HomeAfford18-ON.html
$14.49 an hour needed to afford Ariz. home, report says WASHINGTON - Nowhere in the country could a minimum-wage employee afford to pay rent on a two-bedroom home, an advocacy group said Wednesday. And in three-quarters of the country, even two full-time, minimum-wage jobs couldn't pay for such housing. [SNIP] State by state Hourly wages a full-time worker must earn to afford to rent a modest two-bedroom home, according to the National Low Incoming Housing Coalition: Alabama: $9.31 Alaska: $16.19 Ariz. $14.49 Arkansas: $9.02 California: $19.69 Colorado: $15.99 Connecticut: $17.03 Delaware: $13.79 D.C. $19.21 Florida: $13.98 Georgia: $13.83 Hawaii: $16.74 Idaho: $9.87 Illinois: $15.48 Indiana: $10.93 Iowa: $9.96 Kansas: $10.65 Kentucky: $9.56 Louisiana: $10.31 Maine: $12.37 Massachusetts: $21.14 Maryland: $16.82 Michigan: $12.96 Minnesota: $14.64 Mississippi: $9.05 Missouri: $10.80 Montana: $10.19 Nebraska: $10.22 Nevada: $15.54 New Hampshire: $15.77 New Jersey: $18.85 New Mexico: $11.12 New York: $18.24 North Carolina: $11.57 North Dakota: $9.83 Ohio: $11.79 Oklahoma: $9.94 Oregon: $13.18 Pennsylvania: $12.90 Rhode Island: $13.21 South Carolina: $10.50 South Dakota: $10.44 Tennessee: $10.40 Texas: $13.18 Utah: $13.14 Vermont: $13.58 Virginia: $14.48 Washington: $14.77 West Virginia: $8.72 Wisconsin: $11.46 Wyoming: $10.20 Nation: $14.66 xponent Feeling Poorer Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
