In literally EVERY state, the top employer is either Walmart, an insurance company, or a college system! All service industries---nothing that actually produces a product. What happened to this country?
If we’re being honest, in most states (if not all states) the top employer is either the state government or the federal government. And that absolutely supports your point… our country is sliding down the drain.
You don't need people to pump oil, and only a few to run massive open pit convayor diggers&trains. A lot of the "real economy" has been automated, and the manufacturing economy also requires less people per product than a lot of things used to. We did outsource a lot of jobs, but a larger number of jobs just were automated away. You can't really automate service jobs as easily as cnc machines and conyer belts
For those confused by how these numbers are calculated (like I was), I looked up the MIT living wage site and it seems to be based on the income (before tax) for a family of four with 2 working adults and 2 children.
Sad to think that when it was established, the minimum wage was meant for a 1 income family to have a living wage. Thank you for researching that. I was curious. Now I wonder what the adjustment is with the 9% inflation we're experiencing.
It is. This is the culmination of Elites exploiting labor by moving production of everything away from USA and into cheap countries where labor is cheap, and corporate taxes are low. USA is going to fall in status as lead economy because of it. Our standards of living has been in decline, and is declining further while other countries standards of living have been improving and getting better.
It's sad how so many just settle for getting by rather than increasing their own personal value to be more desirable in higher pay positions. I made minimum wage ages ago. I went to cheap community colleges to get a better job, then went to universities and increased my income by increasing my marketability. Don't stagnate, grow.
@@TomBTerrific if you got that that's because of your own region assumptions you have no idea what this person does and doesn't do and what they do and don't expect other people you're an arrogant asshole and not every conversation needs your goddamn thoughts
What is sad is the fact that while everyone is fighting for minimum wage (which is important) for the workers is that we have all forgotten our elderly & disabled that live only on Social Security. They are surviving on only half of a living wage if it is a couple. This is sad beyond belief.
@lori dyson That's my spouse & I. We're 65+ on SS. Thing is, one of our kids was "special needs", so I had to quit working. Gov't sent me a letter decades later saying I had worked 1-90 days too few to ever get SS. Turns out if you don't work for 10 years for any reason, they toss ALL of your points away. Only because I'm married to 65+ I receive around $225/month. If he dies first I'll get $550/mo. Our single-wide costs $550/mo with out utilities. I'll be homeless and disabled. *Shame on America.*
Thank you for mentioning us. Many on Social Security live only on $1,000 a month. Even in Missouri that supposedly has the lowest cost of living, if you are single and making $1,000 a month you are not getting into your car and going anywhere very often.
@@user-oo5hh4to4v Living in Arizona you can't afford to drive anywhere because I can't afford to get my old SUV registered each year & pay for insurance since I had a heart attack a year ago. Sad but I can't even afford to see my doctor because I have so much hospital & follow up care experiences.
You’re not supposed to ‘live’ on ss. It’s supposed to be supplemental. Not to mention, you get what you put in. Also, you’re supposed to prepare for retirement throughout your employed life. Your fault if you didn’t
Many people commenting seem to share my concern about Walmart being the largest employer in so many states. I moved to a rural area after living in Memphis for decades, and it's admittedly much easier to shop there than anywhere else. Their business practices make it so concerning. It's been years since I looked into it, but from what I remember, they tend to destroy small manufacturers and overtake them. Like, they get a business to sell to them, increase demand or negotiate a contract so that they have to refuse all other customers, cause the company to go into debt to supply them, then refuse to pay a sustainable price, causing the manufacturer to go bankrupt, then they buy them out. I don't know it for a fact, but I imagine (like many other employers) they schedule employees in such a way that they prevent them from receiving "full time" benefits. It's also horrifying that, being the largest employer in most areas, that they are pushing automation to replace employees. Walmart cripples small communities like a bad government.
MANY companies "Only Pay*Schedule" employees as Part Time workers so they DON'T have to pay any Benefits. Isn't just WallyWorld & hasn't been for years!!!
Surprised to see not even 1 state where the USA military/government was the largest employer. I don't shop at Walmart, but I see many videos/comments say their Walmart no longer has cashiers, only self-checkouts. Also hear many Walmarts are closing down because not enough foot traffic/not profitable.
Most people don't even make $25,000 a year. I'm barely making over $15,000 a year working 25 to 30 hours a week for $14 an hour. These numbers are so skewed you'd have to have 3 full time workers a household to meet these state standards of a livable wage.
@@ajh.4131 ok AJ the Unitied States Census Bureau states the median income in the Unitied States for 2019 was $31,133 and the median household income in 2021 was $67,521 or $33,760 a person. So the numbers he gave were very accurate! Vast majority of the population make within 10-20% of the median so they are correct.
So apparently even if they impose a minimum wage of $15 an hour, no matter what state you live in, you need to work two jobs to achieve a livable wage.
Unless you are already a two-income family. Why yes. I mean at $15 an hour if you get on at 8 Amazon you're looking at I want 31 30 mm and change for a year and that's before taxes
@@troystocker6179 social welfare exploded because corporate welfare. Corporations got to move American jobs overseas and stop paying taxes. No jobs=exploding welfare, homelessness and run down infrastructure. Wall street has never had it better.
Damn, I knew I was poor, but knowing that I barely make 1/2 enough to live comfortably in the cheapest state.... Kinda hurts 😕 ..."Welcome to the United States,. L.L.C. a division of Walmart.
I live in wisconsin trying to live on 40k is doable, but requires sacrifices. I'm thinking of just selling my tv / computer, turn off the internet / sell my 🚗 & insurance + gas. And just save the extra 2000$ a year
I clearly remember breaking the 13.50 barrier back in the day. I suddenly could afford swanky upper-class luxuries like the occasional pizza and beer. Below 13.50? Baloney and water, used tires and thrift store pants. Above 13.50? Walmart clothes, hamburgers and new shoes. What a relief.
Keep in mind that there is one other big consideration that was hinted in the video - there's a huge amount of variation in the state. A big city in any state is going to cost a lot more than the rural areas. So really, one should look county by county.
Cities were cheaper in South Dakota unless you go the mortgage route. Renters are fickle and unreliable in the smaller towns. The rest popping after someone asked around and then left. Too laid back and lazy but wonder why nobody wants to rent >.>.
Yep, there is a huge difference between the cost of living in a metropolitan area and living in a more rural part of a state, and I strongly believe this list focused on the living wage for living in one of the major cities.
It may cost less to live in rural areas but you will also make way less. In San Fransisco a nurse will make 100 dollars an hour, in the greater Bay Area, they will make 50. Even at 100 dollars an hour, you will live in a small space and have little money for life’s comforts of you live in the city. This is why so many commute... at 50 dollars an hour, it is still a struggle to live in the greater bay. This is why we had to move.
@@jenanjuice2003 Sure, but if it costs less you need to make less too. Also the risk of things like crime, drugs, and violence is far greater in a big city than a rural one. Those are some rather expensive costs of living that you can't exactly put a $ in front of on a statistics sheet.
@@simdoughnut659 I'm pretty confident this is the median wage across the entire state. So, it would be cheaper to live in rural areas, but far more expensive in metro areas than the living wage stated.
I live in Idaho and it’s impossible to keep up with rent pricing. Not to mention our wages don’t help and never change. I laughed when it said “only 46k” most of us are lucky if we hit the 35k mark 😂
I'm in north Idaho, was not married long enough to collect my husband's SS or retirement. Am 70 and make a whole whopping, $10,332 a year. Took care of my folks from 16 to until I was 55. Never charged them for caregiving, as they were both medically retired, but they had a good income. Nope, not that smart, although they could have afforded it, it was a gift of love on my part. None of us went without. Just how I was brought up, you took care of your family, your parents. Then, I was disabled at 62, I lived in my car for 6 months. At 63, I was awarded my SSI/SSDI but without help from ID Housing, I would still be homeless! I worked hard all my life, and now I can hardly make it, but I do ok alone, I don't have a family. Folks were both gone by 2006 and only minimum wage jobs. I am very afraid of my financial future. I will never be able to pay my rent, auto insurance, mobile fees and utilities if prices keep going up... How do they expect us to live on that amount and what if politicians collapse the SS Coffers for the disabled, vets and elderly? Spooky times, we older folks live in!!!
@@grammyd8361 does Idaho have vocational rehabilitation? If not, do you have any skills from a hobby you have had, like sewing or correcting grammar? You could make small items for sale and sell them on etsy or work for various online places fixing their atrocious grammar. Justin Rhodes has a whole channel devoted to various online jobs & many with no degree/experience needed. I only tried one (secret shopper), but I am a terrible liar and after two tries, had a bad review of my review once so never returned
@@ThaiThomexactly, working long hours and only getting 2 weeks off is exhausting. Many other jobs deserve to complain, but teachers are always whining.
I live just outside of a big Texas city and make around 36K a year, I live very comfortably. I also make my own coffee, cook meals and make going out to eat a treat, I also have no Amazon account, and I use cash and a budget. This makes a huge difference.
Small town Florida and I grow as much as I can, don't eat out by choice and by choice purchase clothes from Salvation Army. Doing just fine in my paid for home..
I just left the USA for a safer and 70% less expensive country. At 79, I moved to Queretaro. I am on a pension with a small savings. I enjoy your videos and thank you. I am 80 now, and I am enjoying living here. The people are super nice and kind, and much RESPECT for the elders.
Moved out of Massachusetts and working remotely from Michigan. Not surprised to see Massachusetts so close to the top. It has been climbing the charts for years now and It's sad that the conversation has shifted from "I can't live in the same neighborhood that I grew up in" to "I can't live in the same state I grew up in"
I live in a slum in Massholechusetts and can barely afford it. Employers are in denial that workers should be paid a living wage here. I'm looking for an affordable place to live. There are no places left in America. Owning your own home is a fantasy for most Americans. It used to be the American Dream. It's called the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.-----George Carlin
I live and go to school in one of the most expensive city’s in Massachusetts being Cambridge and close to 40% of the kids that go to high school here don’t even live in the city but have before. It’s like every year one of my friends is moving out of Cambridge because it’s too expensive:(
I live on cape cod and thought it was expensive here but I live very comfortably. I don’t quite make the wage they say you need. But I don’t have any debt except house and I got a roommate that covers that. I always loved Massachusetts because being self employed I got health care provided here. I know I’m very lucky to live on cape cod.
because alot of this info is just plain false. I live comfortably in indiana on just $400/month. And, no, i'm not in some middle of no where town. I live in a decent sized city.
I'm a single mother in Louisiana and the most I've ever made was $22,000 per year. I knew I was poor but we survived. It's crazy what a mother will do without so her kids can have enough.
You should be glad to territories are treated as stepchildren. First, that’s just BS. But people don’t think about them because they’re not part of the continental United States. Most people don’t think about Hawaii or Alaska either! But you should be glad they’re not thought out very often because of that subject all the bullshit and regulations nearly as much as the continental United States. People are flocking to Puerto Rico because of the tax advantages. If Puerto Rico becomes a state all of those people are fucked! So you actually should be happy the government is treating you like a stepchild because it means they’re not thinking about you and focused on you, which is a good thing!
About 20 years ago, Wal-Mart bought Asda in the UK, replacing those supermarkets. In the US, Safeway has been reducing the number of stores that they have, though it's harder to tell given the other brand names that Safeway does business as like Albertson's, Von's, etc. I"d guess that Wal-Mart is the largest grocery store in the US, or nearly so, without the union wages that Safeway used to pay. I'm not saying that Safeway has deunionized, just that they traded health insurance benefits for a raise in the last contract.
I noticed several teachers commenting. Not just teachers it’s the school systems in general. Clerical, paraprofessionals, school security, custodians, bus drivers. We all work in a ridiculously underpaid system. And several of my coworkers do have two jobs and can still barely make it. And degrees or not (some have and some don’t) the pay is critically low.
Im 66 living in Western New York~ just retired ~I've looked at dozens of places to relocate to ~what I've learned is despite the cold winters I'm in the ideal area for me ~I couldn't imagine being some where out west missing home.
@Mike Roy Same here, so howdy, neighbor! As an ex-Wiscononite, I must say that climate here is fairly mild, and the laws are better here, except those "annual car inspections" that are often a rip-off. In WI they are for *pollution* only. My only gripe: we can't buy simple reading glasses over #2. For anything stronger, we have to see an optometrist. Lobbyists?
Very true. I am in central Florida by Tampa and use a fan during summer and a small heater when it's cold, closing off most of my house. No a/c because I don't like it.
All the jobs are in the urban areas, where these “living wages” wouldn’t keep you out of poverty. Calculating this stuff at the state level is a waste of time.
I agree. I was checking every where we go houses and renting is out of control. Average apartment 3k per month. The rent alone takes your entire salary.
It is I live in Utah and I've been hard pressed to even reach 30;000 a year I usually break just over 20,000 I really don't think this is accurate usually people are working way overtime or working multiple jobs just to make ends meet
Just surviving isn't the same as comfortable, it's stressful, one thing can throw you into homelessness, and not affording to ever take time off is very stressful not comfortable
I think the most important thing is owning a house and paying it off. If people managed to pay off their home tge cost of living gets drastically reduced.
And dependa on your location. LA is a different price than the meth addicted towns 2 hrs east near the Salton Sea. I was there. And pretty much nothing but farms and small towns with trailer parks.
Lived in georgia my whole life and the lost of living outside of Atlanta is kind of crazy. Before I started working in my late teens, my household income has never really gone over $20k, but we always had a roof over our head. My dad moved to Vegas, and they pull around $150k and live in a small apartment. Its wild.
What?! 😂 If they’re making 150k and living in a small apartment in Vegas that is 120% pure choice. We’re in Vegas with a 4 year old house 4bd/2br making 50k a year. You buggin...
Actually the number one employeer here in Arizona is Banner Health, not Walmart. Also the entire northern half of the state is full of greenery, we have the largest ponderosa pine forest in the world and get snow. AZ isn’t just 100% desert.
If you bought a house years ago, you can live on 45k a year. however, if you're just starting a family and trying to get a house now, or even an apartment, there's no way someone can survive on that. My property tax alone is 700/month. I am in Texas, so definitely not the most expensive state. When i lived in WA, my rent was 2000/month for an apartment.
My husband and I are paid well above minimum wage, together we barely make the amount you said to live comfortably in Oklahoma. Jobs here suck and do not pay well, few opportunities without specialized education, which is not affordable at all. We have no kids. We are stuck here due to family.
Are you really stuck though? If you lived somewhere where you were paid better going back home to visit wouldn’t be an issue? And if it’s not possible for you then you better start a business. Go to mortuary school, never will go out of business
Don’t you hate being stuck somewhere because of family ? I can totally relate I’m in California by the beach and although the weather is nice it’s completely stressful not being able to afford a lifestyle here the homeless actually do better than the working middle class the taxes are horrendous and the rents are going up astronomically just in the time I wrote this it went up 😭
I watched the entire video, but I never heard specifically if the wage was gross or net (after taxes); nor whether this living was was per capita or per household.
It should be Net and for a "standard" 4 person family. That's the way most if these studies are done and the way the government calculates poverty line and cut off for social assistance programs. Most of the states in this list are falling right around "Middle Class income" as a livable wage. Which is what I would expect.
I live in Massachusetts, and I make less that half the livable wage here, which is why I have been sleeping in my car for over three years, even though I work 50 hours a week at minimum wage and yet I was denied health insurance because they claim that I make way too much money!
" at minimum wage and yet I was denied health insurance because they claim that I make way too much money" What the frick.. The US are crazy, never moving there :O
You just need to do what my wife who is a Cashier did and marry someone who earns more than you and you will be vacationing in the Caribbean and Disney
@@TrollinOn22s you could get a degree in a tefl certificate and as long as you dont have infectious disease or a criminal record you can go live in asia to teach english. if you earn 1000 a month here you can have a nice apartment, healthy food and be able to go to a doctor without needing insurance.
This video is 2 years old, things have changed and the cost of living is much higher than 2 years ago. It would be nice if you can update us on the cost of living for each state. Thank you, I enjoyed your videos.
Not surprised that Maryland was so far up on the list. As a bachelor, I was only making about $46,000 a year and things were manageable, but I really struggled to save any significant amount of money. Keep in mind that after taxes and healthcare deductions, I was only taking in about $2,475/month. Actually looking back to where I was then compared to where I am now, I truly made that money stretch lol. All my furniture was donated, my TV was acquired through donation as well, my Wi-Fi was “borrowed”, my apartment was only $725/month, my car was another $650/month (note + insurance + gas + maintenance), I purchased all my groceries from either Aldi or Walmart (Walmart always rears it’s head lol). And once I finished paying my phone bill and electricity, I was literally left with only about $200 - $300 to my name. Doing that as a single person is ok. But some people only live off that and they have KIDS. This is why I’m all for either raiding minimal wage or significantly lowering the prices of certain things like healthcare, food, and/or housing.
insightful video again Briggs! i live/work here in Pittsburgh (which has long been one of the most affordable 'major' cities in the US to live) and really enjoy it - despite making a modest income. my parents are getting ready to retire/move from NJ out to central PA where they're getting their new house custom-built in a retirement community. they've both worked so hard and deserve it, and i'm happy that my travel time to visit them will be cut in half. i just worry that my generation will never see that financial success that allows us to live comfortably and enjoy where we live. 🤷😩
Video is good. One comment on employers: data may not be available but for #1 employer it may be more interesting if it was total wages paid rather than the number of employees.
This was very interesting! Thank you! As an aside, you frequently refer to Arizona as desert. I understand that bc I used to think of it as just sand and heat. Then employment took us to Tucson, high desert with lots of foliage. While there I discovered that there are many places in Arizona that aren’t desert. Check out the white mountains, flagstaff, Sonoita, etc. the latter is grasslands with more than 18 wineries. Check it out!
@@kevinfreeman3098 I haven't had any problem at Publix, I'm normally in and out in 20 minutes or less. Now Walmart is a whole different story. Honestly, would you work hard for what Walmart pays? I'll go to Costco before l go to Walmart or Sam's.
Yeah, we dont make much anymore. Can't really find made in USA on much in walmart and that was what it was founded on, I found out. Used to have big signs that said it as you walked in. Don't know how long ago that was.
I read a long time ago, maybe 15 years ago, that if Walmart raised the prices of every item in their stores by 3 cents, they could pay their employees $30k a year and not negatively impact their profits. That they do not, is all one needs to know about that evil company.
@@nobodyimportant7804 🤔 I think I read that same article back then too. That explains a lot, no wonder we have so many people at or below the poverty line, they work for Walmart. 😁
Walmart sales mostly made in China which takes money out of the USA economy . So please start buying made in the USA to help keep more money our own economy which will help create more jobs and please support small family farms and arts and craft makers and private family owned dental offices , massage therapist , Aetheticians , dental whitenting tech , and lash techs . Help support small businesses owners that earn less than 200 k a year . The U. S. has been running a trade deficit since 1976. This means that we import more products than we sell. In 2020, the U.S. trade deficit was $678.7 billion, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), and more 42.1% of the U.S. trade deficit in goods is with China. ---- by Michele Nash-Hoff
That’s the reality of capitalism. Everybody’s commenting this like it’s... normal and the people commenting this are probably the ones contributing to it the most too
I've lived in Arizona for almost 15 years. Apparently I've been below the poverty line the entire time? We've always lived pretty comfortably, despite not making anywhere near a 'living wage' most of that time. We've owned our own home for 13 years and have 4 kids. Maybe the numbers have jumped up significantly in the last few years, but for a long time 50K was serious money out here.
Buying a house definitely makes it possible to live on a lower wage because you dont have to worry about the rising cost to rent. My aunt bought two homes on San Jose. Her mortgage for her bigger house which is a 5 bedroom house in under $1,000 whereas everyone renting a house like hers on that part of town is paying $5,000-$7,000 a month plus utilities. And her mortgage for the smaller house which is a 3 bedroom house on a good part of town was under $700 which no a days you'll be lucky if you can rent a room for $700 in san jose. $700 for a room is cheap now a days and she charges $3,500 a month for that house plus utilities. So everyone buy a house and dont sell it.
Yes. The price has gone up. I've lived here for almost 30yrs now. We always knew we were below the average living wage, but we made do. I think it's the retirement pockets here; Green Valley, Oro Valley help drive up this cost. Plus, if they are getting info based on Phoenix, then I can certainly see the high cost here. Phoenix is a small L.A.
I love how the lowest cost of living (comfortably) was like 40,000 and most of us out here (if we can find work because let's face it. Even when going out of business because of a lack of staff businesses are picky) are making maybe 8,000-11,000 at the most.
@@dcg590 first off, this comment is a year old so I'm guessing you just don't have anything better to do. Second, yeah. It's totally our fault when places like McDonald's and burger king were practically going out of business (in my area, at least) because they refused to hire people that wanted to work in the hopes that the people who were obviously prideless enough to let the government pay them for sitting on their asses would put in an app to be on their feet all day for less money than uncle Sam was giving them. Mind you, I made my original comment when my area was still very much heads buried in the sand "why should we work when we're being paid more than minimum wage to be scared of catching covid."
It's sad that he keeps saying only need, when a teacher in NY starts at less than $50k. That's an advanced degree professional. Why are people ok with working people being in poverty?? Lazy is one thing but working 40 hours a week should be enough to survive but it's clearly not.
Completely agree. Keeping in mind also that those who do have degrees for jobs just barely in a living wage have additional student loan debt to pay off each month... so even they arent earning a living wage at the end of the day. I'm also kind of upset by the description of this video saying in some states the living wage is less than $15/hr($31,000), yet the cheapest state in this list was $43,000. The whole fight for fifteen thing was started over a decade ago. Living wage now is more like $20. Also, paycheck to paycheck life is not "living comfortably".
@@Flynn_Stones - for Ohio, it broke down to $22 an hour, which is more than even many standard factory jobs (which tend to be at least double minimum wage). I think the minimum wage battle is tricky, because it's not addressing the root causes. It's a campaign issue, that's all. Politicians will kick it around, make pretty speeches for or against, and nothing will get resolved. There needs to be better job training programs, better financial education in high school, etc.
@@MRkriegs wow you really don't see N issue with that sentiment "get another job" that's exactly my point. You shouldn't need to be working multiple jobs to be able to survive. We're not even talking about doing things like taking vacations. We're just talking about living ass hole.
@@JayLew91 LOL if ur working 2/3 of the year???? I'm an asshole for saying that?! Sounds like ur dumb and broke to me. Don't get salty on the internet my man 🤡
Well, this information is VERY relative! You have to ask, what will I accept as far as where I'll live, in an apartment, a very small basic home, or do you want a bit if luxury? Do you want to raise a family and have only one income for a time time? Do we want to live in a place with low crime and good schools, and have great resale value? Or, are you willing to live in a higher crime rate area with mediocre schools, and have little or no resale value? It all relative!
I can understand why New Mexico has an unusually high cost of living. A lot of retirees live here, and there aren’t many states that match it in terms of weather and natural beauty. It also has the most PHDs per capita of any state, thanks to Los Alamos.
I just got a better job, but when I saw that the cheapest state wage necessary to be out of poverty was more than what I make, I was shocked to know I’m still in poverty.. yes still struggling, but thought this was normal I guess
why is that a big deal? Huge department stores like Walmart need alot of employees to work there. They are calculating quantity of employees, not their salary. Also Walmarts historically have been opened in areas that are more rural.
Being on disability , and doing the math for yearly income ….. according to this list , I’m not in poverty , I am simply non existent ! While I’m just a break down of something to be in debt , I do manage to pay my bills - no real extras , but I manage . If I got another $25,000 plus per year to match numbers on this list … I’d think I was rich !
That Idaho living wage only applies to everyone that doesn’t live near a decent sized city. I’m in the Boise area and 2 average incomes isn’t enough to buy a house and finding rent less than $1200/month is rare. Over the past 3 years my rent went from $980/month to $1600/month.
I'm 45 minutes east of Boise and housing is crazy here as well. Whether you rent or get a mortgage your looking at $1200+ for a smaller size houses. The average sale of a house in Ada county was 420k in December of 2020. In March of this year 2021 it's now 467k. Every month is record highs!
Maybe its for the average cost of a house in an average neighborhood with an average car? I'm in north dakota, making 20k and putting 10k of it into savings. I also live in a cheap apartment and drive a cheap car and eat mostly at home. It must assume the average person isn't getting every deal possible like poorer people do.
Basically a nurses salary puts you above that. Made 70k with benefits my first year as a LPN with a 1 year education. Tons of job offers, I work in case management remotely from home. Love it
I went to school for Automotive collision repair and started a body shop here in Georgia and make over $300,000 a year. I made a deal with this tech school called Lanier Tech to hire grads and hire students at a apprenticeship salary of $46,500 a year plus paying for tuition as long as they get a B average.
Made 70k annually without even including benefits after dropping out of high school and going to work and being a good worker. Didn't take but a few years to get to that level either.
That would be interesting. I know (for example) the Illinois number in this video is crazy inflated thanks to Chicago. Pretty much everything south of Springfield is more inline with their closest border state.
@@thomasgrabkowski8283 I agree, it is cheaper compared to those cities. But Chicago is still outlandishly expensive compared to most of southern illinois.
This make me feel bad. Even when I had two jobs working as many hours as I could get, I still wasn't even making half of what the poorest state needed for a comfortable life.
Mike, in a lot of areas of the country it's all there is. It's that or the local rancher (who only needs so many hands) or McDonald's, or maybe the local bar. You can move, but you gotta have money to do that.
@@accelmemory I'm not kidding, Kwik Trip is one of the biggest convenience stores around here and EVERY one of them is hiring for $15-17 an hour. Also, I just saw a McDonald's in Traverse City Michigan is hiring for $21 an hour.
@@black4vcobra WOWWW! $16 an hour I'm moving to Wisconsin!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll be rich!!!! Seriously There is nowhere in North America where $16 an hour is a living wage. Unless you call living in your car in a Walmart parking lot living. Poverty in America has been ENGINEERED by the people who own America.
I live in West Virginia have all my life and live pretty comfortably on around 26000 a year I mean I go without a lot of things but I have most of my needs met as a security guard
Good job Briggs! I watch most of your videos and find them entertaining and interesting. This one just seemed a little higher up the food chain than some of your others. Thanks! You do a great job.
I was in Iowa today and driving around, thinking about how much nicer the roads were than in Illinois, Wisconsin, or Indiana. And the people here were so nice, and the food was great.
I think it says something how 80% of all US states’ top employer is Walmart, and yet, Walmart pays no where near any of those living wages if you’re not an executive.
I know people that retired in their 50s and are doing well because they don't have car payments or mortgages. Everything is paid off. They own their cars and homes. I think income is one part, debt is another, and cost of living another. If you aren't making much, but you have no debt, you'll probably be fine as long as you aren't in someplace like CA, NY, or HI.
@@janephillips3627 You are so right. You would be shocked to see how you could get by when you take mortgage and car payments out of the equation. I know I was. I follow a lot of what Dave Ramsey has to say. He says the average car payment is around $500 a month. That's a big chunk to get back with a paid off car.
@@thullraven1 We've saved tons of money buying used cars twice over 20 years. Nothing over $1800 and in cash. Saves a lot on insurance, too. our largest car cost is gasoline.
@@skepticalmechanic some people like to take their dogs with them most places not just their backyard. Many states won’t let you take them to parks, beaches, restaurants or most places for that matter. My dog is my best friend and I want him to go where I go! *I’m speaking of well trained obedient dogs.
@@skepticalmechanic some states have strict dog laws. I have a pit bull and he is not allowed in many cities across the US. Also there are some places where you can find a lot of outdoor dining and beaches and parks you can take your dog with you. Other places have nothing like that. I just want to know where I can move to and feel my dogs ire welcome. We take a lot of walks and explore a lot. They are happy and I am considering a move and I don't want to find myself some place that isn't friendly toward them. I do my own research but Briggs does a lot better job than I do.
California very unfriendly to dogs,hard to find a place if you are a renter and have a dog over 20 lbs,also dog parks are very rundown unless you live in a nice neighborhood and people give you dirty looks if you take dog on a hike.Also lots of rattlesnakes on the hikes,so not very safe either.
No wonder, I just moved out of California, like the most expensive state. And now live in Fayetteville, Arkansas on March 31, one of the cheapest states, and everything here's better in my opinion.
I went to a Walmart about 15 years ago, it was so disappointing I've never gone back. What is the appeal? I didn't see prices any better than grocery stores.
At least they are hiring....as he clarified there are other employers in other industries...Walmart is simply hiring the most people....that's all.....some of these other companies are on games...
@@Dangic23 Miami’s cost of living is outrageous, and Tampa is quickly becoming Miami jr with half the skyline and a beach you drive past to get to the nice beaches. Orlando is gonna get expensive as hell because of tourism and NOTHING else, it might as well be Tampa with more theme parks. A lot of people are coming here and having grew up here I don’t understand why. Yes we have beaches, nice winters and theme parks but honestly that’s it. The presence of the infamous and proverbial “Florida Man/woman” should bring the property values down at least 25 percent.
its almost like "the poverty line" is an arbitrary number cooked up by some beauracrat to make sure there will always be a bottom percentile that they can make feel victimized in order to remain in power and to justify their government jobs... America's national "poverty line" is higher than the world's middle-class income level... our "poor people" are obese... odds are you poop into water that is cleaner than millions of people around the world drink every day... to the little want to be socialist that is going to start an argument because they FEEL they are entitled to more because they 'deserve' it some how. don't bother, facts won't change how you feel and I'm not going to be swayed by your emotions, so don't waste both of our time
@@gusmc2220 it is definitely an arbitrary line because it changes so much from place to place what it can afford you. Stating that "yeah but your Grey water is like cleaner" in disingenuous. You realise you can have a problem with how many people are in poverty and not be a socialist right? Gtfo here
I live in Florida and I make about 33,000 a year. And I still was able to live in my apartment for about 7 years now. Unfortunately, rent prices are going up. And I still live comfortably. All I did was just buy things that I need more than I want and prep my own meals more often. By the way, I live in Clearwater. Makes all the difference.
What you should do is check into USDA Rural Development program, that allow you to buy a home through the government and the payments are based on your income.
The average is that high because if south Florida the wage you need down there can easily go over $60k before taxes. Central and North Florida drops down quite a bit. Miami apartment nothing included $2k a month on average with power and everything $3-$4K a month, Gainesville apartment with everything included less than $1k a month.
I was gonna say, you probably don't live in Tampa. They have gone up ridiculously since we had ALoT of ppl from over seas come in. I've been here all my life and have never seen this amount of ppl flocking to Tampa like this. I went to Walmart and everyone there was from overseas I thought I was in a dream they got off the plane and went straight to Walmart.
Interesting that the single biggest employer in the nation---Walmart---at almost half of the states provides non of their employees a living wage. Yet the 4 family members that own it have a total net worth of almost 180,000,000,000 (180 BILLION) dollars and it grows exponentially each day. The single largest employer of people living in poverty----and it is every single one of their employees.
That's what politics do big business makes big bucks workers well peanut butter is good! We gotta live in the parking lot! But hey alot of people do at Wal-Mart! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
As far as living in California, this dude has it all wrong. 60 thousand per year, is considered living wage, or more. Number one state for high housing,gas, food, and taxes.
I like the list above the bouncing ball that shows the whole list of places! I dont know what u call this feature, but it sure saves me alot of time! 😊
Hard to believe Walmart is largest employer considering they only ever have two people checking people out!
Came here for this comment! 👍🤣🤣🤣
I went to one here in Missouri last week, and they had NO employees checking people out. It was all self service!
I work at Walmart and I approve this message. 👍🏻
I mean not everyone at Walmart is paid bad the truckers make bank
Hard to believe that we are controlled and owned by china and leftists? They locked us down so they could make billions....
In literally EVERY state, the top employer is either Walmart, an insurance company, or a college system! All service industries---nothing that actually produces a product. What happened to this country?
If we’re being honest, in most states (if not all states) the top employer is either the state government or the federal government. And that absolutely supports your point… our country is sliding down the drain.
USA has turned into a BAD JOKE. Going downhill. Biden is not the answer 😰 hes one of the worst presidents of all time😢😢😢
You don't need people to pump oil, and only a few to run massive open pit convayor diggers&trains. A lot of the "real economy" has been automated, and the manufacturing economy also requires less people per product than a lot of things used to. We did outsource a lot of jobs, but a larger number of jobs just were automated away. You can't really automate service jobs as easily as cnc machines and conyer belts
For those confused by how these numbers are calculated (like I was), I looked up the MIT living wage site and it seems to be based on the income (before tax) for a family of four with 2 working adults and 2 children.
Very helpful: I was wondering if the figures he gives were gross income or after-tax and for how many people per household.
Sad to think that when it was established, the minimum wage was meant for a 1 income family to have a living wage. Thank you for researching that. I was curious. Now I wonder what the adjustment is with the 9% inflation we're experiencing.
Dont get married dont have kids and youll be fine
What would a single person have to have? Abt 40% - 60%, since children are expected to be costing less??
Thank You for posting that.
Largest employer being Walmart in many states is just sad
most people dont know how to do anything else
The US doesn't produce anything anymore
They’re the USA’s largest employer, which is even worse
It is. This is the culmination of Elites exploiting labor by moving production of everything away from USA and into cheap countries where labor is cheap, and corporate taxes are low. USA is going to fall in status as lead economy because of it. Our standards of living has been in decline, and is declining further while other countries standards of living have been improving and getting better.
It's sad how so many just settle for getting by rather than increasing their own personal value to be more desirable in higher pay positions. I made minimum wage ages ago. I went to cheap community colleges to get a better job, then went to universities and increased my income by increasing my marketability. Don't stagnate, grow.
When you live in the the 2nd most expensive state and don't make enough to live in the least expensive state 😬
That tells me you need to up your game! Rely on yourself not everyone else. No body owes you!
@@TomBTerrific if you got that that's because of your own region assumptions you have no idea what this person does and doesn't do and what they do and don't expect other people you're an arrogant asshole and not every conversation needs your goddamn thoughts
@@JS-dw5fo facts
Better start an onlyfans
@@frankieffbaby finally, a helpful comment lol.
What is sad is the fact that while everyone is fighting for minimum wage (which is important) for the workers is that we have all forgotten our elderly & disabled that live only on Social Security. They are surviving on only half of a living wage if it is a couple. This is sad beyond belief.
@lori dyson That's my spouse & I. We're 65+ on SS. Thing is, one of our kids was "special needs", so I had to quit working. Gov't sent me a letter decades later saying I had worked 1-90 days too few to ever get SS. Turns out if you don't work for 10 years for any reason, they toss ALL of your points away. Only because I'm married to 65+ I receive around $225/month. If he dies first I'll get $550/mo. Our single-wide costs $550/mo with out utilities. I'll be homeless and disabled. *Shame on America.*
Thank you for mentioning us. Many on Social Security live only on $1,000 a month. Even in Missouri that supposedly has the lowest cost of living, if you are single and making $1,000 a month you are not getting into your car and going anywhere very often.
@@user-oo5hh4to4v
Living in Arizona you can't afford to drive anywhere because I can't afford to get my old SUV registered each year & pay for insurance since I had a heart attack a year ago. Sad but I can't even afford to see my doctor because I have so much hospital & follow up care experiences.
You’re not supposed to ‘live’ on ss. It’s supposed to be supplemental. Not to mention, you get what you put in. Also, you’re supposed to prepare for retirement throughout your employed life. Your fault if you didn’t
I didn't plan on living on ss but after life happens sometimes you find yourself in a spot. I will deal with it. Best wishes.
College graduate here, working full-time going on 7 years now and not making a livable wage in any State:(
What degree?
Yup
Same here with a degree
Same here, and I have an "adult job" that everyone here is saying people should get...
@@aw9275 i bet ppl say that's a really good job and it is but it still doesn't pay the bills.
Many people commenting seem to share my concern about Walmart being the largest employer in so many states. I moved to a rural area after living in Memphis for decades, and it's admittedly much easier to shop there than anywhere else. Their business practices make it so concerning. It's been years since I looked into it, but from what I remember, they tend to destroy small manufacturers and overtake them. Like, they get a business to sell to them, increase demand or negotiate a contract so that they have to refuse all other customers, cause the company to go into debt to supply them, then refuse to pay a sustainable price, causing the manufacturer to go bankrupt, then they buy them out. I don't know it for a fact, but I imagine (like many other employers) they schedule employees in such a way that they prevent them from receiving "full time" benefits. It's also horrifying that, being the largest employer in most areas, that they are pushing automation to replace employees. Walmart cripples small communities like a bad government.
Yet without them so many don’t have jobs
MANY companies "Only Pay*Schedule" employees as Part Time workers so they DON'T have to pay any Benefits. Isn't just WallyWorld & hasn't been for years!!!
Surprised to see not even 1 state where the USA military/government was the largest employer. I don't shop at Walmart, but I see many videos/comments say their Walmart no longer has cashiers, only self-checkouts. Also hear many Walmarts are closing down because not enough foot traffic/not profitable.
So, none of those are “cheap.” Anything above $40,000 is expensive when most people in the US make less than $35,000…
Is this per person or per family? Because idk about some of these numbers.
Where did you pull those numbers? WAY too low.
Most people don't even make $25,000 a year. I'm barely making over $15,000 a year working 25 to 30 hours a week for $14 an hour. These numbers are so skewed you'd have to have 3 full time workers a household to meet these state standards of a livable wage.
@@ajh.4131 ok AJ the Unitied States Census Bureau states the median income in the Unitied States for 2019 was $31,133 and the median household income in 2021 was $67,521 or $33,760 a person. So the numbers he gave were very accurate! Vast majority of the population make within 10-20% of the median so they are correct.
According to Statista, only about 26% of households make less than 35k per year.
So apparently even if they impose a minimum wage of $15 an hour, no matter what state you live in, you need to work two jobs to achieve a livable wage.
The monetary policies over the last 50 years , it's called inflation , had to print money to pay for social welfare programs
Unless you are already a two-income family. Why yes. I mean at $15 an hour if you get on at 8 Amazon you're looking at I want 31 30 mm and change for a year and that's before taxes
Minimum wage is for high school kids and part time for college students. Get a real adult job.
@@troystocker6179 social welfare exploded because corporate welfare. Corporations got to move American jobs overseas and stop paying taxes. No jobs=exploding welfare, homelessness and run down infrastructure. Wall street has never had it better.
@@troystocker6179 Dumbass.
Damn, I knew I was poor, but knowing that I barely make 1/2 enough to live comfortably in the cheapest state....
Kinda hurts 😕
..."Welcome to the United States,. L.L.C. a division of Walmart.
Exactly lol
I live in wisconsin trying to live on 40k is doable, but requires sacrifices. I'm thinking of just selling my tv / computer, turn off the internet / sell my 🚗 & insurance + gas. And just save the extra 2000$ a year
@@b4rs629 I did all that and now I live stress free I only pay rent n light n gas and a cell phone
@@b4rs629 the Best thing you could do
@@wendybatista5615 I'm only hesitant to sell my car cuz of the winter here is atrocious and don't wanna sepnd 45mins walking to work
I clearly remember breaking the 13.50 barrier back in the day. I suddenly could afford swanky upper-class luxuries like the occasional pizza and beer. Below 13.50? Baloney and water, used tires and thrift store pants. Above 13.50? Walmart clothes, hamburgers and new shoes. What a relief.
Keep in mind that there is one other big consideration that was hinted in the video - there's a huge amount of variation in the state.
A big city in any state is going to cost a lot more than the rural areas. So really, one should look county by county.
Cities were cheaper in South Dakota unless you go the mortgage route.
Renters are fickle and unreliable in the smaller towns. The rest popping after someone asked around and then left. Too laid back and lazy but wonder why nobody wants to rent >.>.
Yep, there is a huge difference between the cost of living in a metropolitan area and living in a more rural part of a state, and I strongly believe this list focused on the living wage for living in one of the major cities.
It may cost less to live in rural areas but you will also make way less. In San Fransisco a nurse will make 100 dollars an hour, in the greater Bay Area, they will make 50. Even at 100 dollars an hour, you will live in a small space and have little money for life’s comforts of you live in the city. This is why so many commute... at 50 dollars an hour, it is still a struggle to live in the greater bay. This is why we had to move.
@@jenanjuice2003 Sure, but if it costs less you need to make less too. Also the risk of things like crime, drugs, and violence is far greater in a big city than a rural one. Those are some rather expensive costs of living that you can't exactly put a $ in front of on a statistics sheet.
@@simdoughnut659 I'm pretty confident this is the median wage across the entire state. So, it would be cheaper to live in rural areas, but far more expensive in metro areas than the living wage stated.
I live in Idaho and it’s impossible to keep up with rent pricing. Not to mention our wages don’t help and never change. I laughed when it said “only 46k” most of us are lucky if we hit the 35k mark 😂
At least you have high shop power unlike here in brazil
I'm in north Idaho, was not married long enough to collect my husband's SS or retirement. Am 70 and make a whole whopping, $10,332 a year. Took care of my folks from 16 to until I was 55. Never charged them for caregiving, as they were both medically retired, but they had a good income. Nope, not that smart, although they could have afforded it, it was a gift of love on my part. None of us went without. Just how I was brought up, you took care of your family, your parents. Then, I was disabled at 62, I lived in my car for 6 months. At 63, I was awarded my SSI/SSDI but without help from ID Housing, I would still be homeless! I worked hard all my life, and now I can hardly make it, but I do ok alone, I don't have a family. Folks were both gone by 2006 and only minimum wage jobs.
I am very afraid of my financial future. I will never be able to pay my rent, auto insurance, mobile fees and utilities if prices keep going up... How do they expect us to live on that amount and what if politicians collapse the SS Coffers for the disabled, vets and elderly? Spooky times, we older folks live in!!!
It is ridiculous
You know That’s Right! 😂
@@grammyd8361 does Idaho have vocational rehabilitation? If not, do you have any skills from a hobby you have had, like sewing or correcting grammar? You could make small items for sale and sell them on etsy or work for various online places fixing their atrocious grammar. Justin Rhodes has a whole channel devoted to various online jobs & many with no degree/experience needed. I only tried one (secret shopper), but I am a terrible liar and after two tries, had a bad review of my review once so never returned
After 12 years of teaching I finally made it a little over the poverty threshold in my state!
With the education you dished out along the way
Your students won’t 💡
@@og-greenmachine8623 😂
You only have to work 180 days per year.
@@ThaiThomexactly, working long hours and only getting 2 weeks off is exhausting. Many other jobs deserve to complain, but teachers are always whining.
@@michele5695 2 weeks?! My schools teachers get two months off for summer 😂
Saved you time
50. Kentucky 43,308
49. Arkansas 44,571
48. West Virginia 44,823
47. South Dakota 45,410
46. Idaho 45,801
45. Alabama 45,824
44. Ohio 45,853
43. Mississippi 46,084
42. Missouri 46,159
41. South Carolina 46,568
40. Oklahoma 46,613
39. Tennessee 46,785
38. North Dakota 46,814
37. Indiana 46,838
36. Montana 47,083
35. Utah 47,922
34. Georgia 47,946
33. Wyoming 47,951
32. Louisiana 47,975
31. New Mexico 48,050
30. Kansas 48,054
29. Nebraska 48,076
28. Texas 48,160
27. Michigan 48,837
26. Iowa 48,882
25. North Carolina 49,575
24. Pennsylvania 49,914
23. Wisconsin 51,120
22. Washington 51,271
21. Maine 51,305
20. Arizona 51,341
19. Oregon 51,900
18. Vermont 51,977
17. Minnesota 52,115
16. Florida 52,206
15. Illinois 52,304
14. Nevada 52,698
13. Delaware 53,112
12. Rhode Island 53,240
11. Colorado 53,792
10. Virginia 54,264
9. Alaska 54,400
8. New Hampshire 55,103
7. New Jersey 56,109
6. California 57,315
5. Maryland 58,178
4. New York 59,128
3. Connecticut 59,502
2. Massachusetts 59,560
1. Hawaii 60,700
I live just outside of a big Texas city and make around 36K a year, I live very comfortably. I also make my own coffee, cook meals and make going out to eat a treat, I also have no Amazon account, and I use cash and a budget. This makes a huge difference.
Ditto, except I’m in NY!
Small town Florida and I grow as much as I can, don't eat out by choice and by choice purchase clothes from Salvation Army. Doing just fine in my paid for home..
@@bjbrownsounds just like me.
I just left the USA for a safer and 70% less expensive country. At 79, I moved to Queretaro. I am on a pension with a small savings. I enjoy your videos and thank you. I am 80 now, and I am enjoying living here. The people are super nice and kind, and much RESPECT for the elders.
I have a stupid question. Where the heck is Queretaro??? What language?
@@wendywendymatson5251 Mexico, and Spanish
It's a ghetto rural in the middle of nowhere town in Mexico. @@wendywendymatson5251
Queretaro? Sounds like a great country!
Watch out for the cartels
Moved out of Massachusetts and working remotely from Michigan. Not surprised to see Massachusetts so close to the top. It has been climbing the charts for years now and It's sad that the conversation has shifted from "I can't live in the same neighborhood that I grew up in" to "I can't live in the same state I grew up in"
All of the northeast is becoming the same way. Like my state, New Jersey.
I live in a slum in Massholechusetts and can barely afford it. Employers are in denial that workers should be paid a living wage here. I'm looking for an affordable place to live. There are no places left in America. Owning your own home is a fantasy for most Americans. It used to be the American Dream.
It's called the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.-----George Carlin
I live and go to school in one of the most expensive city’s in Massachusetts being Cambridge and close to 40% of the kids that go to high school here don’t even live in the city but have before. It’s like every year one of my friends is moving out of Cambridge because it’s too expensive:(
I live on cape cod and thought it was expensive here but I live very comfortably. I don’t quite make the wage they say you need. But I don’t have any debt except house and I got a roommate that covers that. I always loved Massachusetts because being self employed I got health care provided here. I know I’m very lucky to live on cape cod.
@@HayleysComet3 you budgeted right and own a business so that's terrific.
I dont have enough a year to live anywhere in this country lol
damn
because alot of this info is just plain false. I live comfortably in indiana on just $400/month. And, no, i'm not in some middle of no where town. I live in a decent sized city.
Same here!
Same many don't were screwed.
@Johnny Rep lol what? I'm a grown man, not some teenager.
I'm a single mother in Louisiana and the most I've ever made was $22,000 per year. I knew I was poor but we survived. It's crazy what a mother will do without so her kids can have enough.
Tough living but your kids are worth it.
I’m not the one to judge.. I wasn’t born in the USA but if u got 50 state to chose from y stay there
@@Buggu3 Cost living for 1. Other states cost more for just rent California cities average 1000 rent per room
Move to Princeton Indiana I can get you a job right now where you would make 60k a year.
@@noahhowellstone1264 what's in indiana?
I live in Washington. I don't make living wages for Kentucky. 😳
How are you pulling it them? I live in Florida and I don't make the living wage
Same boat ☹
Because they average it over the entire state. You can get by on a lot less in Ellensburg than you can in Seattle. Large cities skew averages.
They take 2 ppl with two kids. So u probably do best it
Gotta live with others here......Keep a firm budget and don't get old.
Virgin Islander here. Don't forget the US Territories. Always treated as the step-children 😢😭
You should be glad to territories are treated as stepchildren. First, that’s just BS. But people don’t think about them because they’re not part of the continental United States. Most people don’t think about Hawaii or Alaska either!
But you should be glad they’re not thought out very often because of that subject all the bullshit and regulations nearly as much as the continental United States. People are flocking to Puerto Rico because of the tax advantages. If Puerto Rico becomes a state all of those people are fucked!
So you actually should be happy the government is treating you like a stepchild because it means they’re not thinking about you and focused on you, which is a good thing!
LoL....
Sorry we love you
they are not states
@@nedhill1242 vxxcc
WHO SHOULD I THANK IF NOT FOR RAUL THAT FIXED MY CREDIT, I WAS SO SAD AND UNHAPPY HAVING 430 FEW WEEKS BUT I'M PROUD TO HAVE 810 TODAY THANKS
The number of times I heard walmart was disturbing. C'mon America.
Buy Walmart stock. That’s all that means to me
About 20 years ago, Wal-Mart bought Asda in the UK, replacing those supermarkets. In the US, Safeway has been reducing the number of stores that they have, though it's harder to tell given the other brand names that Safeway does business as like Albertson's, Von's, etc. I"d guess that Wal-Mart is the largest grocery store in the US, or nearly so, without the union wages that Safeway used to pay. I'm not saying that Safeway has deunionized, just that they traded health insurance benefits for a raise in the last contract.
It's the politicians that are keeping manufacturing out of America. The Chinese pay them well to keep it out of America.
This is why monopolies are feared - too much power & control over people's lives.
America no longer manufactures goods, America is now in the business of retail. We shop for items made elsewhere, not produce items to export.
I am from Hawaii and I made 50,000 a year. Poverty wages in Hawaii. Done with this stress and anxiety moved overseas 2.5 years ago. Aloha
hope things are getting better for you wherever you are now
I noticed several teachers commenting. Not just teachers it’s the school systems in general. Clerical, paraprofessionals, school security, custodians, bus drivers. We all work in a ridiculously underpaid system. And several of my coworkers do have two jobs and can still barely make it. And degrees or not (some have and some don’t) the pay is critically low.
@Matt Caldwell 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Should've chosen a better profession. Sucks to suck. Raises can start coming that way when the students stop getting worse grades and not until then.
How are they underpaid? They make in 9 months what most people make in 12.
I was very abruptly informed one day at work that if I want to progress in the company --- It's WHO you know!
I have a college degree, work in my field, and have never made enough to live out of poverty even in the cheapest state. This is pretty depressing.
Sounds to me like you picked a shitty return on investment
I would just bet that I paid 1/3-1/2 of what you paid for your education and I probably make more
What major
@@madina404 multimedia and web design
@@FalconChief222 hello republican how are you?
Im 66 living in Western New York~ just retired ~I've looked at dozens of places to relocate to ~what I've learned is despite the cold winters I'm in the ideal area for me ~I couldn't imagine being some where out west missing home.
@Mike Roy Same here, so howdy, neighbor! As an ex-Wiscononite, I must say that climate here is fairly mild, and the laws are better here, except those "annual car inspections" that are often a rip-off. In WI they are for *pollution* only. My only gripe: we can't buy simple reading glasses over #2. For anything stronger, we have to see an optometrist. Lobbyists?
As long as your happy mike that's all that matters.
Living comfortably takes into account heating and cooling costs. That skews several of these living wage numbers.
Very true. I am in central Florida by Tampa and use a fan during summer and a small heater when it's cold, closing off most of my house. No
a/c because I don't like it.
All the jobs are in the urban areas, where these “living wages” wouldn’t keep you out of poverty. Calculating this stuff at the state level is a waste of time.
I agree. I was checking every where we go houses and renting is out of control. Average apartment 3k per month. The rent alone takes your entire salary.
And yet some people want to do it on a national scale.
It is I live in Utah and I've been hard pressed to even reach 30;000 a year I usually break just over 20,000 I really don't think this is accurate usually people are working way overtime or working multiple jobs just to make ends meet
Just surviving isn't the same as comfortable, it's stressful, one thing can throw you into homelessness, and not affording to ever take time off is very stressful not comfortable
That's why I'm never moving to the US, Canada is the way to go in NA :P
I think the most important thing is owning a house and paying it off. If people managed to pay off their home tge cost of living gets drastically reduced.
Stats are awesome. My wife and I are retired and living on Social security in a golf club community on much less than these numbers.
Averages are, well, averages.
And dependa on your location. LA is a different price than the meth addicted towns 2 hrs east near the Salton Sea. I was there. And pretty much nothing but farms and small towns with trailer parks.
I prefer all 50 state videos to top ten lists
Yes, he has to do more research and seems less preoccupied with prejudiced dog whistling.
Does living comfortably include having a car? In some states it definitely should.
If you want to live comfortably, you have to wak everywhere! 🤣
Lived in georgia my whole life and the lost of living outside of Atlanta is kind of crazy. Before I started working in my late teens, my household income has never really gone over $20k, but we always had a roof over our head.
My dad moved to Vegas, and they pull around $150k and live in a small apartment. Its wild.
What?! 😂
If they’re making 150k and living in a small apartment in Vegas that is 120% pure choice.
We’re in Vegas with a 4 year old house 4bd/2br making 50k a year.
You buggin...
@@anthonyfletcher8053 100% bugging or 100% full of crap.
Actually the number one employeer here in Arizona is Banner Health, not Walmart. Also the entire northern half of the state is full of greenery, we have the largest ponderosa pine forest in the world and get snow. AZ isn’t just 100% desert.
The Ponderosa forest is lovely. Shame it has to burn.
I'm in Sedona so a bit of high desert and so beautiful.
most of this video is false and the figures are overblown.
I don’t know why he hast to be so disrespectful in the commentary Just say the living wage
If a “living wage” is what it takes to live, is Walmart guilty of genocide?
Partially.
. . .Yes
No..people need to go where cost of living is affordable for their skill set
That attitude is part of what feeds into gentrification. Developing an attitude of belonging based on shared financial status is vile.
@@noahhowellstone1264 classic, blaming individuals for a systemic problem 👍
If you bought a house years ago, you can live on 45k a year. however, if you're just starting a family and trying to get a house now, or even an apartment, there's no way someone can survive on that. My property tax alone is 700/month. I am in Texas, so definitely not the most expensive state. When i lived in WA, my rent was 2000/month for an apartment.
My husband and I are paid well above minimum wage, together we barely make the amount you said to live comfortably in Oklahoma. Jobs here suck and do not pay well, few opportunities without specialized education, which is not affordable at all. We have no kids. We are stuck here due to family.
You should think of things as: You can't afford not to have a specialized skill!... Get one by any means necessary.
@Milky Onion I knew a guy who was a janitor for government building. He made like 26 an hour 😂 god tier benefits.
Are you really stuck though? If you lived somewhere where you were paid better going back home to visit wouldn’t be an issue? And if it’s not possible for you then you better start a business. Go to mortuary school, never will go out of business
Don’t you hate being stuck somewhere because of family ? I can totally relate I’m in California by the beach and although the weather is nice it’s completely stressful not being able to afford a lifestyle here the homeless actually do better than the working middle class the taxes are horrendous and the rents are going up astronomically just in the time I wrote this it went up 😭
Get in the gig economy.
Crazy that the biggest employers seem to be either Walmart or Healthcare companies in retirement states.
I watched the entire video, but I never heard specifically if the wage was gross or net (after taxes); nor whether this living was was per capita or per household.
Yes, there was quite a bit of information left out
I’m thinking gross and household
I'm thinking net income per person
It should be Net and for a "standard" 4 person family. That's the way most if these studies are done and the way the government calculates poverty line and cut off for social assistance programs.
Most of the states in this list are falling right around "Middle Class income" as a livable wage. Which is what I would expect.
i think he should have specified that it was per family bc it seems with the pricing like it is since none are under 40k
I live in Massachusetts, and I make less that half the livable wage here, which is why I have been sleeping in my car for over three years, even though I work 50 hours a week at minimum wage and yet I was denied health insurance because they claim that I make way too much money!
" at minimum wage and yet I was denied health insurance because they claim that I make way too much money"
What the frick.. The US are crazy, never moving there :O
Stop lying! So many people are struggling and your lies HURT those searching for a way out
You just need to do what my wife who is a Cashier did and marry someone who earns more than you and you will be vacationing in the Caribbean and Disney
@@TrollinOn22s you could get a degree in a tefl certificate and as long as you dont have infectious disease or a criminal record you can go live in asia to teach english. if you earn 1000 a month here you can have a nice apartment, healthy food and be able to go to a doctor without needing insurance.
The living wage in my area that is said is for the middle uper class or for the state capital in middle-class
Loving the longer videos. Your videos are a great antidepressant for me. Briggs. Thank you!
This video is 2 years old, things have changed and the cost of living is much higher than 2 years ago. It would be nice if you can update us on the cost of living for each state. Thank you, I enjoyed your videos.
For the record, Maine was part of Massachusetts not Connecticut. It became a state in 1820 as part of the Missouri compromise.
It's why they also celebrate Patriot's Day!
i really thought Amazon would of gave Walmart a run for their money. No interview and direct hire positions.
I guarantee if he does this list again in 5 years Amazon will be the top employer in dozens of states.
Would've*
Amazon will definitely give Walmart a run for their money, especially given all of their new ventures!
All their employees are contracted outside of WA state or so it seens
They not all that and going down hill
Not surprised that Maryland was so far up on the list. As a bachelor, I was only making about $46,000 a year and things were manageable, but I really struggled to save any significant amount of money. Keep in mind that after taxes and healthcare deductions, I was only taking in about $2,475/month. Actually looking back to where I was then compared to where I am now, I truly made that money stretch lol. All my furniture was donated, my TV was acquired through donation as well, my Wi-Fi was “borrowed”, my apartment was only $725/month, my car was another $650/month (note + insurance + gas + maintenance), I purchased all my groceries from either Aldi or Walmart (Walmart always rears it’s head lol). And once I finished paying my phone bill and electricity, I was literally left with only about $200 - $300 to my name. Doing that as a single person is ok. But some people only live off that and they have KIDS. This is why I’m all for either raiding minimal wage or significantly lowering the prices of certain things like healthcare, food, and/or housing.
insightful video again Briggs! i live/work here in Pittsburgh (which has long been one of the most affordable 'major' cities in the US to live) and really enjoy it - despite making a modest income. my parents are getting ready to retire/move from NJ out to central PA where they're getting their new house custom-built in a retirement community. they've both worked so hard and deserve it, and i'm happy that my travel time to visit them will be cut in half. i just worry that my generation will never see that financial success that allows us to live comfortably and enjoy where we live. 🤷😩
Video is good. One comment on employers: data may not be available but for #1 employer it may be more interesting if it was total wages paid rather than the number of employees.
This was very interesting! Thank you!
As an aside, you frequently refer to Arizona as desert. I understand that bc I used to think of it as just sand and heat. Then employment took us to Tucson, high desert with lots of foliage. While there I discovered that there are many places in Arizona that aren’t desert. Check out the white mountains, flagstaff, Sonoita, etc. the latter is grasslands with more than 18 wineries. Check it out!
Texan here! I was thinking it would be oil too. But I guess looking at the entire state, holy sh*t we DO have a ton of Walmart’s😂
Texan here too. Thought I watched the whole video but did not see Texas. Hmmm
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I'm surprised that Walmart is the #1 employer in Florida, I figured it would be Publix. You can't sneeze without running in to a Publix down here.
It should be a crime that Publix is only located in the southeast!
Yeah, but there is only like 3 employees at a publix, there are like fourty at Wal-Mart, too bad none of em work, lol.
@@kevinfreeman3098
I haven't had any problem at Publix, I'm normally in and out in 20 minutes or less. Now Walmart is a whole different story. Honestly, would you work hard for what Walmart pays? I'll go to Costco before l go to Walmart or Sam's.
@@kevinfreeman3098 each publix employs approximately 100 people while Walmart’s employee about 125-150.
I thought the whole Walt Disney company would be the most employed
I would love to see a comparison of coastal California vs everything rather than the whole state, but I guess that would turn into a city video.
17:37 "A lot of people are fleeing Chicago but not the rest of Iowa"?! 🤣
I caught that too 😂
LOL he meant to say Illinois.
Jeez. I remember my dad telling me when the number 1 employer used to be GE back in the day.
Yeah, we dont make much anymore. Can't really find made in USA on much in walmart and that was what it was founded on, I found out. Used to have big signs that said it as you walked in. Don't know how long ago that was.
@@erincanezaro453 That was Walmart's strategy right off the bat: to *lie.*
Capitalism evolves
i was born and raised in a one horse town in new mexico and this video made me feel poor af lol i had no idea how broke i really was
Scary that Walmart is the largest employer of so many states
I read a long time ago, maybe 15 years ago, that if Walmart raised the prices of every item in their stores by 3 cents, they could pay their employees $30k a year and not negatively impact their profits.
That they do not, is all one needs to know about that evil company.
They need to all be shut down
@@nobodyimportant7804
🤔 I think I read that same article back then too. That explains a lot, no wonder we have so many people at or below the poverty line, they work for Walmart. 😁
Walmart sales mostly made in China which takes money out of the USA economy . So please start buying made in the USA to help keep more money our own economy which will help create more jobs and please support small family farms and arts and craft makers and private family owned dental offices , massage therapist , Aetheticians , dental whitenting tech , and lash techs . Help support small businesses owners that earn less than 200 k a year . The U. S. has been running a trade deficit since 1976. This means that we import more products than we sell. In 2020, the U.S. trade deficit was $678.7 billion, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), and more 42.1% of the U.S. trade deficit in goods is with China. ---- by Michele Nash-Hoff
That’s the reality of capitalism. Everybody’s commenting this like it’s... normal and the people commenting this are probably the ones contributing to it the most too
I've lived in Arizona for almost 15 years. Apparently I've been below the poverty line the entire time? We've always lived pretty comfortably, despite not making anywhere near a 'living wage' most of that time. We've owned our own home for 13 years and have 4 kids. Maybe the numbers have jumped up significantly in the last few years, but for a long time 50K was serious money out here.
Buying a house definitely makes it possible to live on a lower wage because you dont have to worry about the rising cost to rent. My aunt bought two homes on San Jose. Her mortgage for her bigger house which is a 5 bedroom house in under $1,000 whereas everyone renting a house like hers on that part of town is paying $5,000-$7,000 a month plus utilities. And her mortgage for the smaller house which is a 3 bedroom house on a good part of town was under $700 which no a days you'll be lucky if you can rent a room for $700 in san jose. $700 for a room is cheap now a days and she charges $3,500 a month for that house plus utilities. So everyone buy a house and dont sell it.
Yes. The price has gone up. I've lived here for almost 30yrs now. We always knew we were below the average living wage, but we made do.
I think it's the retirement pockets here; Green Valley, Oro Valley help drive up this cost. Plus, if they are getting info based on Phoenix, then I can certainly see the high cost here. Phoenix is a small L.A.
@@nora_nayeli got damn! Who RENTS a place for 5-7k?! 😧
@@anthonyfletcher8053 all the people who work for facebook, apple, and all these tech companies.
@@nora_nayeli I guess I can’t comprehend dropping that much a month just on rent 🤣
I love how the lowest cost of living (comfortably) was like 40,000 and most of us out here (if we can find work because let's face it. Even when going out of business because of a lack of staff businesses are picky) are making maybe 8,000-11,000 at the most.
Your fault not the job markets fault
@@dcg590 first off, this comment is a year old so I'm guessing you just don't have anything better to do. Second, yeah. It's totally our fault when places like McDonald's and burger king were practically going out of business (in my area, at least) because they refused to hire people that wanted to work in the hopes that the people who were obviously prideless enough to let the government pay them for sitting on their asses would put in an app to be on their feet all day for less money than uncle Sam was giving them. Mind you, I made my original comment when my area was still very much heads buried in the sand "why should we work when we're being paid more than minimum wage to be scared of catching covid."
@@dcg590 a sentiment I, as someone who goes absolutely fudging insane when I have to not do something for just 10 minutes, could not get behind.
@@okamikashikoi4738 Just a younling who thinks blaming things will make the problems go away
NC is great. Nature, beach, trees, warm 8 months out of the year, a tiny bit of snow. Fresh air. Easy to make a living.
I can agree, moved to jville after enlisting from Baltimore MD, way cheaper and friendlier
I live in Nashville, TN and work in the operating room in a major hospital, but still can’t even afford Kentucky 🤦🏾♀️
DAMN!!!!! And they're crying about $15hr min which still won't even sneeze @ Kentucky.
@@tesaikealiiolanakila I know, right?!
It's sad that he keeps saying only need, when a teacher in NY starts at less than $50k. That's an advanced degree professional. Why are people ok with working people being in poverty?? Lazy is one thing but working 40 hours a week should be enough to survive but it's clearly not.
Completely agree. Keeping in mind also that those who do have degrees for jobs just barely in a living wage have additional student loan debt to pay off each month... so even they arent earning a living wage at the end of the day. I'm also kind of upset by the description of this video saying in some states the living wage is less than $15/hr($31,000), yet the cheapest state in this list was $43,000. The whole fight for fifteen thing was started over a decade ago. Living wage now is more like $20. Also, paycheck to paycheck life is not "living comfortably".
@@Flynn_Stones - for Ohio, it broke down to $22 an hour, which is more than even many standard factory jobs (which tend to be at least double minimum wage). I think the minimum wage battle is tricky, because it's not addressing the root causes. It's a campaign issue, that's all. Politicians will kick it around, make pretty speeches for or against, and nothing will get resolved. There needs to be better job training programs, better financial education in high school, etc.
Don't teachers work like 2/3 of the year? How u expect them to make that much money. They could get a summer job and make even more money
@@MRkriegs wow you really don't see N issue with that sentiment "get another job" that's exactly my point. You shouldn't need to be working multiple jobs to be able to survive. We're not even talking about doing things like taking vacations. We're just talking about living ass hole.
@@JayLew91 LOL if ur working 2/3 of the year???? I'm an asshole for saying that?! Sounds like ur dumb and broke to me. Don't get salty on the internet my man 🤡
I’m surprised Mississippi wasn’t last and was in a higher position that I originally thought. I guess you learn new things everyday.
Well, this information is VERY relative! You have to ask, what will I accept as far as where I'll live, in an apartment, a very small basic home, or do you want a bit if luxury? Do you want to raise a family and have only one income for a time time? Do we want to live in a place with low crime and good schools, and have great resale value? Or, are you willing to live in a higher crime rate area with mediocre schools, and have little or no resale value? It all relative!
You wonder why it's not at the bottom of the list, I wonder why Mississippi is still a state, that place sucks and it's next door neighbor Alabama.
Dude I see you everywhere
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I can understand why New Mexico has an unusually high cost of living. A lot of retirees live here, and there aren’t many states that match it in terms of weather and natural beauty. It also has the most PHDs per capita of any state, thanks to Los Alamos.
I just got a better job, but when I saw that the cheapest state wage necessary to be out of poverty was more than what I make, I was shocked to know I’m still in poverty.. yes still struggling, but thought this was normal I guess
How much do you make?
Major problem going on when you hear the biggest employer is Walmart we need to fix the United States
Yet I see those poor WalMart employees outside on break covered in expensive tattoos, smoking expensive cigarettes!!!!!!
Most jobs, world wide, are blue collar jobs so this isn't just a USA thing.
why is that a big deal? Huge department stores like Walmart need alot of employees to work there. They are calculating quantity of employees, not their salary. Also Walmarts historically have been opened in areas that are more rural.
I’m pretty sure we are in a trades worker shortage we need plumbers electrical experts etc. that will pay lot better than retail job.
@@stevehady915 That's just the case of most people overspending on things they don't need. In which keeps them poor.
That weird moment when you're nowhere near your state's living wage...
Being on disability , and doing the math for yearly income ….. according to this list , I’m not in poverty , I am simply non existent ! While I’m just a break down of something to be in debt , I do manage to pay my bills - no real extras , but I manage . If I got another $25,000 plus per year to match numbers on this list … I’d think I was rich !
That Idaho living wage only applies to everyone that doesn’t live near a decent sized city. I’m in the Boise area and 2 average incomes isn’t enough to buy a house and finding rent less than $1200/month is rare. Over the past 3 years my rent went from $980/month to $1600/month.
I'm 45 minutes east of Boise and housing is crazy here as well. Whether you rent or get a mortgage your looking at $1200+ for a smaller size houses.
The average sale of a house in Ada county was 420k in December of 2020. In March of this year 2021 it's now 467k. Every month is record highs!
Is this for one person or a family? $41,000 seems high, but then again I live in New Mexico and any amount of money seems high here
Maybe its for the average cost of a house in an average neighborhood with an average car? I'm in north dakota, making 20k and putting 10k of it into savings. I also live in a cheap apartment and drive a cheap car and eat mostly at home. It must assume the average person isn't getting every deal possible like poorer people do.
Basically a nurses salary puts you above that. Made 70k with benefits my first year as a LPN with a 1 year education. Tons of job offers, I work in case management remotely from home. Love it
I went to school for Automotive collision repair and started a body shop here in Georgia and make over $300,000 a year. I made a deal with this tech school called Lanier Tech to hire grads and hire students at a apprenticeship salary of $46,500 a year plus paying for tuition as long as they get a B average.
This is interesting. I am looking for a good remote entry level job.
Made 70k annually without even including benefits after dropping out of high school and going to work and being a good worker. Didn't take but a few years to get to that level either.
I love the each state videos, little more long and detailed
I'd be curious to see this by major metro areas in each state instead of the state as a whole.
That would be interesting. I know (for example) the Illinois number in this video is crazy inflated thanks to Chicago. Pretty much everything south of Springfield is more inline with their closest border state.
@@jasonwomack4064 what is Chicago closest to which state I should say
@@ItsMe-ic7on Indiana
@@jasonwomack4064 Chicago is still very cheap compared to NYC, LA, SF, Boston
@@thomasgrabkowski8283 I agree, it is cheaper compared to those cities. But Chicago is still outlandishly expensive compared to most of southern illinois.
This make me feel bad. Even when I had two jobs working as many hours as I could get, I still wasn't even making half of what the poorest state needed for a comfortable life.
The thought that "if Walmart were to fail" the country would too, is scary. Amazon is trying to catch up though.
Nobody forcing the people to work there...
Mike, in a lot of areas of the country it's all there is. It's that or the local rancher (who only needs so many hands) or McDonald's, or maybe the local bar. You can move, but you gotta have money to do that.
Wow...Massachusetts is #2 on the list and as a resident there, I'm not even making half the livable wage.😥
Thanks for ruining the video
Unless your a teenager, that is nobody's fault but your own.
Even here in WI, gas stations are hiring at $16+ an hour with benefits.
@@black4vcobra Who are you trying to kid lol
16 for a job with no qualifications? On what planet
@@accelmemory I'm not kidding, Kwik Trip is one of the biggest convenience stores around here and EVERY one of them is hiring for $15-17 an hour.
Also, I just saw a McDonald's in Traverse City Michigan is hiring for $21 an hour.
@@black4vcobra WOWWW! $16 an hour I'm moving to Wisconsin!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll be rich!!!! Seriously There is nowhere in North America where $16 an hour is a living wage. Unless you call living in your car in a Walmart parking lot living. Poverty in America has been ENGINEERED by the people who own America.
I live in West Virginia have all my life and live pretty comfortably on around 26000 a year I mean I go without a lot of things but I have most of my needs met as a security guard
Good job Briggs! I watch most of your videos and find them entertaining and interesting. This one just seemed a little higher up the food chain than some of your others. Thanks! You do a great job.
I was in Iowa today and driving around, thinking about how much nicer the roads were than in Illinois, Wisconsin, or Indiana. And the people here were so nice, and the food was great.
I make well above the living wage in Georgia. And when I can I give back to my community. God has blessed me so I feel obligated to bless others
I think it says something how 80% of all US states’ top employer is Walmart, and yet, Walmart pays no where near any of those living wages if you’re not an executive.
I know people that retired in their 50s and are doing well because they don't have car payments or mortgages. Everything is paid off. They own their cars and homes. I think income is one part, debt is another, and cost of living another. If you aren't making much, but you have no debt, you'll probably be fine as long as you aren't in someplace like CA, NY, or HI.
@@janephillips3627 You are so right. You would be shocked to see how you could get by when you take mortgage and car payments out of the equation. I know I was. I follow a lot of what Dave Ramsey has to say. He says the average car payment is around $500 a month. That's a big chunk to get back with a paid off car.
@@thullraven1 We've saved tons of money buying used cars twice over 20 years. Nothing over $1800 and in cash. Saves a lot on insurance, too. our largest car cost is gasoline.
There is definitely a difference between living and living comfortably.
Can you do the 10 most dog-friendly places to live? Thanks for all the work you put into the videos.
Your joking right? I would think as long as a good owner is with the dog and it’s well fed and taken care of Fido dog will be happy...
Yes dog friendly places to live
@@skepticalmechanic some people like to take their dogs with them most places not just their backyard. Many states won’t let you take them to parks, beaches, restaurants or most places for that matter. My dog is my best friend and I want him to go where I go!
*I’m speaking of well trained obedient dogs.
@@skepticalmechanic some states have strict dog laws. I have a pit bull and he is not allowed in many cities across the US. Also there are some places where you can find a lot of outdoor dining and beaches and parks you can take your dog with you. Other places have nothing like that. I just want to know where I can move to and feel my dogs ire welcome. We take a lot of walks and explore a lot. They are happy and I am considering a move and I don't want to find myself some place that isn't friendly toward them. I do my own research but Briggs does a lot better job than I do.
California very unfriendly to dogs,hard to find a place if you are a renter and have a dog over 20 lbs,also dog parks are very rundown unless you live in a nice neighborhood and people give you dirty looks if you take dog on a hike.Also lots of rattlesnakes on the hikes,so not very safe either.
"A giant television and trip to the bahamas is not an essential" 😂😂
For us it is:)
Thank you for your work we are too lazy or too busy for. Still important and you compact it for us in one video.
No wonder, I just moved out of California, like the most expensive state. And now live in Fayetteville, Arkansas on March 31, one of the cheapest states, and everything here's better in my opinion.
It is pretty cool here
:)
NE Arkansas is so beautiful, especially when all the trees change colors
As of this video, I'm so sick of Walmart and them being the biggest employer in every state.
I went to a Walmart about 15 years ago, it was so disappointing I've never gone back. What is the appeal? I didn't see prices any better than grocery stores.
It's better than the state being the largest employer!
Walmart is there to hoover up money from those on government assistance aka Walmart employees.
Simple, stop shopping at Walmart because you are lazy.
At least they are hiring....as he clarified there are other employers in other industries...Walmart is simply hiring the most people....that's all.....some of these other companies are on games...
I watch your vlog. every day .
Thanks for your good work !
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Wow....Florida at 16????
Wages in FL definitely are way off from the liveable wage.
I was thinking it would be closer to $80,000.00 and that would be just getting by.
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I think the $50,000 was too high to what the jobs pay in Florida.
I can think of atleast 10-12 other states on this list that are a way better value than FL
@@omarrolle3842
True.
I was expecting FL living wage to be on the bottom 10.
Perception is that FL is cheap......wasn't expecting it to be up on #16.
@@Dangic23 Miami’s cost of living is outrageous, and Tampa is quickly becoming Miami jr with half the skyline and a beach you drive past to get to the nice beaches. Orlando is gonna get expensive as hell because of tourism and NOTHING else, it might as well be Tampa with more theme parks. A lot of people are coming here and having grew up here I don’t understand why. Yes we have beaches, nice winters and theme parks but honestly that’s it. The presence of the infamous and proverbial “Florida Man/woman” should bring the property values down at least 25 percent.
Apparently I can't live in the US. I make half of what it takes in the cheapest state and somehow I still manage and don't feel that poor.
Its all relative. Most people have the opposite problem. Think of themselves as middle class when they are just above the poverty line.
If u have spouse u can make it even more comfy. I mean if ur spouse made 30,000 ND u made 30,000 u would be pretty comfy.
its almost like "the poverty line" is an arbitrary number cooked up by some beauracrat to make sure there will always be a bottom percentile that they can make feel victimized in order to remain in power and to justify their government jobs...
America's national "poverty line" is higher than the world's middle-class income level...
our "poor people" are obese...
odds are you poop into water that is cleaner than millions of people around the world drink every day...
to the little want to be socialist that is going to start an argument because they FEEL they are entitled to more because they 'deserve' it some how. don't bother, facts won't change how you feel and I'm not going to be swayed by your emotions, so don't waste both of our time
Yup. Here in Dallas I keep all my expenses under 1200 a month
@@gusmc2220 it is definitely an arbitrary line because it changes so much from place to place what it can afford you. Stating that "yeah but your Grey water is like cleaner" in disingenuous. You realise you can have a problem with how many people are in poverty and not be a socialist right? Gtfo here
This is eye opening compared to the reality of how much most average jobs pay versus the livable wage. Thank you for making this video!!!
I live in Florida and I make about 33,000 a year. And I still was able to live in my apartment for about 7 years now. Unfortunately, rent prices are going up. And I still live comfortably. All I did was just buy things that I need more than I want and prep my own meals more often. By the way, I live in Clearwater. Makes all the difference.
What you should do is check into USDA Rural Development program, that allow you to buy a home through the government and the payments are based on your income.
Same. I in Florida and I make 31,000. I got a really tiny studio apartment and I live below my means.
The average is that high because if south Florida the wage you need down there can easily go over $60k before taxes. Central and North Florida drops down quite a bit. Miami apartment nothing included $2k a month on average with power and everything $3-$4K a month, Gainesville apartment with everything included less than $1k a month.
I was gonna say, you probably don't live in Tampa. They have gone up ridiculously since we had ALoT of ppl from over seas come in. I've been here all my life and have never seen this amount of ppl flocking to Tampa like this. I went to Walmart and everyone there was from overseas I thought I was in a dream they got off the plane and went straight to Walmart.
I am in a small town near Jacksonville. $52k is a very good salary. I make a good bit less and live quite comfortable.
Interesting that the single biggest employer in the nation---Walmart---at almost half of the states provides non of their employees a living wage. Yet the 4 family members that own it have a total net worth of almost 180,000,000,000 (180 BILLION) dollars and it grows exponentially each day. The single largest employer of people living in poverty----and it is every single one of their employees.
That's what politics do big business makes big bucks workers well peanut butter is good! We gotta live in the parking lot! But hey alot of people do at Wal-Mart! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
As far as living in California, this dude has it all wrong. 60 thousand per year, is considered living wage, or more. Number one state for high housing,gas, food, and taxes.
I like the list above the bouncing ball that shows the whole list of places! I dont know what u call this feature, but it sure saves me alot of time! 😊
I actually live in Hawai'i and you definitely need more than 60k a year to live comfrotably...about double the amount actually🙂
True, Hawaii is unaffordable. We pay 2-3 times what you pay on the mainland. I moved overseas 2.5 years ago. Aloha Hawaii wasn’t always like that
@@lesliestenta3084 it wasn't...thats so true, but prices rise every 2 weeks or so nowadays😶
It's one of the reasons why kanaka maoli like me are forced to move to the mainland.... You prob need 4 million to live here.
Please do this same video. But for the Canadian provinces and territories.
Just think about the implications of what you just said.
No
Hey nobody cares about Canada buddy
@@eklipse19241 I do ...that’s why mums the word.
No
LOL..Delaware here. It’s Christiana Care…thank you for your video!!
21:07 hey! We got good beaches in Jersey with some pretty good boardwalks. Could've said that. 🤷♀️