Minimum Wage and the cost of a 2 bedroom Apartment

In order to be able to rent at fair market value a two-bedroom unit in San Jose, Calif., renter must earn $35.02 per hour. In San Francisco, CA, Stamford-Norwalk, CT, Oakland, CA, Boston, MA-NH, Nassau-Suffolk, NY, Westchester County, NY, Washington, DC-MD-VA, one must earn, respectively, $34.13, $28.71, $27.31, $27.29, $24.28, $23.42.

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