INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — There is nowhere in the United States that a minimum wage worker can afford a two-bedroom apartment.
According to a report released by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, "a full-time worker earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 needs to work approximately 122 hours per week for all 52 weeks of the year, or approximately three full-time jobs, to afford a two-bedroom rental home at the national average fair market rent."
That same worker would need to work 99 hours per week, every week of the year to afford a one-bedroom home at the national average.
In 2016, the median household income in the U.S. was $57,617 or $27.70 an hour, WISTV reported.
The report said the 2018 national housing wage is $22.10 or $45,986 annually for a two-bedroom rental home. For a one-bedroom rental home, it's $17.90 or $37,232 annually.
In Indiana, workers would need to make $15.56 an hour to afford two-bedroom housing in the state. In a more expensive state like New York, workers need to make about $30 an hour.
