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A comment on Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees. Parent comment
It's the amount one would spend on groceries, rent, utilities, transportation, childcare, and sometimes healthcare.
It does not include luxuries such as meals at restaurants, entertainment, savings accounts, retirement funds, investments, or vacations.
MIT has a great living wage calculator for the US. Their definition of living wage is in the about section.
http://livingwage.mit.edu/
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It's the amount one would spend on groceries, rent, utilities, transportation, childcare, and sometimes healthcare.
It does not include luxuries such as meals at restaurants, entertainment, savings accounts, retirement funds, investments, or vacations.
MIT has a great living wage calculator for the US. Their definition of living wage is in the about section.
http://livingwage.mit.edu/