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  1. Hourly wages needed to afford a two-bedroom apartment in the U.S. 2024, by...

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    Updated Apr 3, 2025
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    Statista Research Department (2025). Hourly wages needed to afford a two-bedroom apartment in the U.S. 2024, by state [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/topics/5920/minimum-wage-in-the-united-states/
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    Apr 3, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
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    Statista Research Department
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    In 2024, households in California needed an hourly wage of over 47 U.S. dollars to afford the rent of a two-bedroom apartment. Massachusetts had the second-least affordable two-bedroom apartments, as a household would have to earn at least around 45 U.S. dollars per hour in order to afford rent payments. These figures are considerably higher than the average minimum wage in place in many states. There was no state in which a minimum wage worker could afford rent for the average two-bedroom apartment, if they only worked 40 hours a week. Where are the least affordable counties and metros? The least affordable rents were predominately in Californian counties and metropolitan areas in 2024. District of Columbia has one of the highest minimum wages in the country, which stood at 17 U.S. dollars per hour as of January 2024. Thus, the affordability of two-bedroom apartments highlights how disproportionately high housing costs are in the state.

  2. U.S. minimum wage 2024, by state

    • statista.com
    Updated Apr 3, 2025
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    Statista (2025). U.S. minimum wage 2024, by state [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/238997/minimum-wage-by-us-state/
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    Apr 3, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 2025
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    The federally mandated minimum wage in the United States is 7.25 U.S. dollars per hour, although the minimum wage varies from state to state. As of January 1, 2025, the District of Columbia had the highest minimum wage in the U.S., at 17.5 U.S. dollars per hour. This was followed by Washington, which had 16.66 U.S. dollars per hour as the state minimum wage. Minimum wage workers Minimum wage jobs are traditionally seen as “starter jobs” in the U.S., or first jobs for teenagers and young adults, and the number of people working minimum wage jobs has decreased from almost four million in 1979 to about 247,000 in 2020. However, the number of workers earning less than minimum wage in 2020 was significantly higher, at about 865,000. Minimum wage jobs Minimum wage jobs are primarily found in food preparation and serving occupations, as well as sales jobs (primarily in retail). Because the minimum wage has not kept up with inflation, nor has it been increased since 2009, it is becoming harder and harder live off of a minimum wage wage job, and for those workers to afford essential things like rent.

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    Federal Minimum Hourly Wage for Nonfarm Workers for the United States

    • fred.stlouisfed.org
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    Updated Jul 31, 2025
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    (2025). Federal Minimum Hourly Wage for Nonfarm Workers for the United States [Dataset]. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDMINNFRWG
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    Dataset updated
    Jul 31, 2025
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    United States
    Description

    Graph and download economic data for Federal Minimum Hourly Wage for Nonfarm Workers for the United States (FEDMINNFRWG) from Oct 1938 to Jul 2025 about per hour, minimum wage, workers, hours, nonfarm, federal, wages, and USA.

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    Employed: Paid below prevailing federal minimum wage: Federal wage and...

    • fred.stlouisfed.org
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    Updated Jan 22, 2025
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    (2025). Employed: Paid below prevailing federal minimum wage: Federal wage and salary workers: 16 years and over [Dataset]. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LEU0204926700A
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    jsonAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jan 22, 2025
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    Graph and download economic data for Employed: Paid below prevailing federal minimum wage: Federal wage and salary workers: 16 years and over (LEU0204926700A) from 2000 to 2024 about paid, minimum wage, salaries, workers, 16 years +, federal, wages, employment, and USA.

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    United States Federal Minimum Hourly Wage

    • tradingeconomics.com
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    Updated Dec 15, 2024
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    TRADING ECONOMICS (2024). United States Federal Minimum Hourly Wage [Dataset]. https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/minimum-wages
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    Dataset updated
    Dec 15, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    TRADING ECONOMICS
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    Dec 31, 1938 - Dec 31, 2025
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    Minimum Wages in the United States remained unchanged at 7.25 USD/Hour in 2025 from 7.25 USD/Hour in 2024. This dataset provides - United States Minimum Wages- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

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    Minimum wage data for India

    • scholarship.libraries.rutgers.edu
    • openicpsr.org
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    Updated Mar 27, 2024
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    Yana van der Meulen Rodgers; Nidhiya Menon (2024). Minimum wage data for India [Dataset]. https://scholarship.libraries.rutgers.edu/esploro/outputs/dataset/Minimum-wage-data-for-India/991031933294604646
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    Mar 27, 2024
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    Authors
    Yana van der Meulen Rodgers; Nidhiya Menon
    Time period covered
    Mar 27, 2024
    Area covered
    India
    Description

    This data archive consists of a digitized database of all of India's daily minimum wages across states and detailed industries for the years 1983, 1985/86, 1993, 1998, 2004, and 2006. These data are otherwise only available on paper and/or pdf documents. The data are provided as Excel and Stata files, including aggregate codes by broad industry group that the principal investigators assigned during their research.

  7. Jobs paid below minimum wage by category

    • ons.gov.uk
    • cy.ons.gov.uk
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    Updated Oct 29, 2024
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    Office for National Statistics (2024). Jobs paid below minimum wage by category [Dataset]. https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/jobspaidbelowminimumwagebycategory
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    Dataset updated
    Oct 29, 2024
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    Office for National Statisticshttp://www.ons.gov.uk/
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
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    Description

    Number of UK jobs paid below minimum wage by sex, age, occupation and industry, and region, annual estimates, 1998 to 2023. Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

  8. U.S. minimum wage workers 1980-2023, by gender

    • statista.com
    Updated Oct 25, 2024
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    Statista (2024). U.S. minimum wage workers 1980-2023, by gender [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185536/share-of-workers-paid-at-the-minimum-wage-by-gender/
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    Oct 25, 2024
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    This statistic shows the percent of workers paid hourly rates at or below prevailing federal minimum wage in the United States from 1980 to 2023, by gender. In 2023, only 1.5 percent of the female wage and salary workers were paid hourly rates at or below the federal minimum wage, compared to 21.6 percent in 1980.

  9. U.S. percentage of minimum wage workers 2023, by state

    • statista.com
    Updated Jun 25, 2025
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    Statista (2025). U.S. percentage of minimum wage workers 2023, by state [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/635009/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-state/
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    Jun 25, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2023
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    In 2023, around *** percent of hourly wage workers in Rhode Island earned wages at or below the federal minimum wage. This was the highest share of any U.S. state, followed by the District of Columbia with *** percent of hourly wage workers making minimum wage or less.

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    Historical minimum wage rates in Canada

    • open.canada.ca
    • ouvert.canada.ca
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    Updated May 5, 2025
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    Employment and Social Development Canada (2025). Historical minimum wage rates in Canada [Dataset]. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/390ee890-59bb-4f34-a37c-9732781ef8a0
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    Dataset updated
    May 5, 2025
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    Employment and Social Development Canada
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    Open Government Licence - Canada 2.0https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada
    License information was derived automatically

    Area covered
    Canada
    Description

    The minimum wage is a basic labour standard that sets the lowest wage rate that an employer can pay to employees who are covered by the legislation. Today, one of its main purposes is to protect non-unionized workers in unskilled jobs, although it can also influence, directly or indirectly, the level of compensation of other employees as well. A minimum wage constitutes a floor above which employees or their unions may negotiate with management for higher remuneration. However, it is rarely static: adjustments are required from time to time to maintain its relevance in changing economic and social conditions.

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    Employed: Percent of hourly paid workers: Paid total at or below prevailing...

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    Updated Jan 22, 2025
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    (2025). Employed: Percent of hourly paid workers: Paid total at or below prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over [Dataset]. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LEU0203127200A
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    Dataset updated
    Jan 22, 2025
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    Graph and download economic data for Employed: Percent of hourly paid workers: Paid total at or below prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over (LEU0203127200A) from 1979 to 2024 about paid, minimum wage, salaries, workers, hours, 16 years +, federal, wages, percent, employment, and USA.

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    Living Wage

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    • s.cnmilf.com
    Updated Nov 27, 2024
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    California Department of Public Health (2024). Living Wage [Dataset]. https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/living-wage-72c58
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    Nov 27, 2024
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    California Department of Public Health
    Description

    This table contains data on the living wage and the percent of families with incomes below the living wage for California, its counties, regions and cities/towns. Living wage is the wage needed to cover basic family expenses (basic needs budget) plus all relevant taxes; it does not include publicly provided income or housing assistance. The percent of families below the living wage was calculated using data from the Living Wage Calculator and the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. The table is part of a series of indicators in the Healthy Communities Data and Indicators Project of the Office of Health Equity. The living wage is the wage or annual income that covers the cost of the bare necessities of life for a worker and his/her family. These necessities include housing, transportation, food, childcare, health care, and payment of taxes. Low income populations and non-white race/ethnic have disproportionately lower wages, poorer housing, and higher levels of food insecurity. More information about the data table and a data dictionary can be found in the About/Attachments section.

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    Federal Minimum Wage Rate under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act

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    Updated Jan 1, 2025
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    (2025). Federal Minimum Wage Rate under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act [Dataset]. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/STTMINWGFG
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    jsonAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jan 1, 2025
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    Graph and download economic data for Federal Minimum Wage Rate under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (STTMINWGFG) from 1968 to 2025 about minimum wage, federal, wages, labor, rate, and USA.

  14. Minimum wages

    • data.europa.eu
    • opendata.marche.camcom.it
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    Updated Apr 29, 2022
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    Eurostat (2022). Minimum wages [Dataset]. https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/gicnh24uvraqmknqji7s6q?locale=en
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    xml(2406), xml(8618), csv(2409), html, tsv(935)Available download formats
    Dataset updated
    Apr 29, 2022
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Eurostathttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    Data refer to the monthly national minimum wages, established every half year (1st January and July). Minimum wages may be determined by hourly or weekly rates in certain countries; these are converted into monthly rates. The minimum wage agreement process, its application and enforcement may vary by country. Minimum wages are gross amounts, i.e. before deduction of income tax and social security contributions payable by the employee.

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    Wage and Salary Workers Paid Below Prevailing Federal Minimum Wage: 16 Years...

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    Updated Jun 26, 2025
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    (2025). Wage and Salary Workers Paid Below Prevailing Federal Minimum Wage: 16 Years and Over: High School Graduates, no College [Dataset]. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HDNCC11
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    Dataset updated
    Jun 26, 2025
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    Graph and download economic data for Wage and Salary Workers Paid Below Prevailing Federal Minimum Wage: 16 Years and Over: High School Graduates, no College (HDNCC11) from 2002 to 2024 about no college, paid, secondary schooling, secondary, minimum wage, salaries, workers, 16 years +, education, federal, wages, and USA.

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    Brazil Minimum Monthly Wages

    • tradingeconomics.com
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    Updated Jul 16, 2025
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    TRADING ECONOMICS (2025). Brazil Minimum Monthly Wages [Dataset]. https://tradingeconomics.com/brazil/minimum-wages
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    json, xml, csv, excelAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jul 16, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    TRADING ECONOMICS
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    Aug 31, 1994 - Jul 31, 2025
    Area covered
    Brazil
    Description

    Minimum Wages in Brazil remained unchanged at 1518 BRL/Month in July. This dataset provides - Brazil Minimum Wages - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

  17. U.S. number of minimum wage workers 2023, by race and ethnicity

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    Updated Aug 14, 2024
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    Statista (2024). U.S. number of minimum wage workers 2023, by race and ethnicity [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298873/number-of-workers-with-earnings-at-or-below-min-wage-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
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    Aug 14, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2023
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    This statistic shows the number of workers paid hourly rates at or below prevailing federal minimum wage in the United States in 2023, by race or ethnicity. In 2023, about 666,000 white people were paid at or below the federal minimum wage.

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    Data from: WSI: Minimum Wage Database

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    Updated May 4, 2019
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    (2019). WSI: Minimum Wage Database [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.23728/b2share.8b3dd38ee7e846a88d3cd7b80cf7784d
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    Dataset updated
    May 4, 2019
    Description

    The WSI Minimum Wage Database is constructed by WSI, an institute from the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, and focusses on minimum wages across Europe and in some non-European countries. The database provides an interactive map on which the user can select a country and view its history of minimum wages. Users can also download a static map containing the most recent data and the complete WSI Minimum Wage Database in Excel of PDF format. The main topics discussed are: - minimum wages across Europe. The aim of the database is to provide a structured overview of minimum wages ‘at a glance’. From this overview, users can go more in depth and verify the history of minimum wages in the countries involved.

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    Japan Minimum Hourly Wages

    • tradingeconomics.com
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    TRADING ECONOMICS, Japan Minimum Hourly Wages [Dataset]. https://tradingeconomics.com/japan/minimum-wages
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    excel, csv, xml, jsonAvailable download formats
    Dataset authored and provided by
    TRADING ECONOMICS
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    Oct 1, 2002 - Oct 1, 2024
    Area covered
    Japan
    Description

    Minimum Wages in Japan increased to 1054 JPY/Hour in 2024 from 1002 JPY/Hour in 2023. This dataset provides - Japan Minimum Wages- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

  20. Minimum wage in the UK 1999-2025, by wage category

    • statista.com
    Updated Jan 31, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Minimum wage in the UK 1999-2025, by wage category [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/280483/national-minimum-wage-in-the-uk/
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    Dataset updated
    Jan 31, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    1999 - 2025
    Area covered
    United Kingdom
    Description

    In April 2025, the UK minimum wage for adults over the age of 21 in will be 12.21 pounds per hour. For the 2025/26 financial year, there will be four minimum wage categories, three of which are based on age and one for apprentice workers. Apprentices, and workers under the age of 18 will have a minimum wage of 7.55 pounds an hour, increasing to ten pounds for those aged 18 to 20. When the minimum wage was first introduced in 1999, there were just two age categories; 18 to 21, and 22 and over. This increased to three categories in 2004, four in 2010, and five between 2016 and 2023, before being reduced down to four in the most recent year. The living wage The living wage is an alternative minimum wage amount that employers in the UK can voluntarily pay their employees. It is calculated independently of the legal minimum wage and results in a higher value figure. In 2023/24, for example, the living wage was twelve pounds an hour for the UK as a whole and 13.15 for workers in London, where the cost of living is typically higher. This living wage is different from what the UK government has named the national living wage, which was 10.42 in the same financial year. Between 2011/12 and 2023/24, the living wage has increased by 4.80 pounds, while the London living wage has grown by 4.85 pounds. Wage growth cancelled-out by high inflation 2021-2023 For a long period between the middle of 2021 and late 2023, average wage growth in the UK was unable to keep up with record inflation levels, resulting in the biggest fall in disposable income since 1956. Although the UK government attempted to mitigate the impact of falling living standards through a series of cost of living payments, the situation has still been very difficult for households. After peaking at 11.1 percent in October 2022, the UK's inflation rate remained in double figures until March 2023, and did not fall to the preferred rate of two percent until May 2024. As of November 2024, regular weekly pay in the UK was growing by 5.6 percent in nominal terms, and 2.5 percent when adjusted for inflation.

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Statista Research Department (2025). Hourly wages needed to afford a two-bedroom apartment in the U.S. 2024, by state [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/topics/5920/minimum-wage-in-the-united-states/
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Hourly wages needed to afford a two-bedroom apartment in the U.S. 2024, by state

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Statista Research Department
Area covered
United States
Description

In 2024, households in California needed an hourly wage of over 47 U.S. dollars to afford the rent of a two-bedroom apartment. Massachusetts had the second-least affordable two-bedroom apartments, as a household would have to earn at least around 45 U.S. dollars per hour in order to afford rent payments. These figures are considerably higher than the average minimum wage in place in many states. There was no state in which a minimum wage worker could afford rent for the average two-bedroom apartment, if they only worked 40 hours a week. Where are the least affordable counties and metros? The least affordable rents were predominately in Californian counties and metropolitan areas in 2024. District of Columbia has one of the highest minimum wages in the country, which stood at 17 U.S. dollars per hour as of January 2024. Thus, the affordability of two-bedroom apartments highlights how disproportionately high housing costs are in the state.

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