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In "Life in the cash economy for 'underbanked' Americans" and "One NYC family's struggle to survive on a fast food salary," PBS NewsHour looks at the ways working families are trying to make ends meet in today's economic climate.(interactive graphic at link) or see livingwage.mit.edu
The graphic above draws information from The Poverty Project's Living Wage Calculator, recently highlighted by NewsHour's Paul Solomon.
The project tracked what hourly rate an individual needs to make to support themselves or a family -- drawing on local prices for food, child care, medical costs, housing, and transportation.
In Omaha a single person needs $8.70 an hour to make ends meet; a family of four requires $18.46.
More: Calculating a Living Wage Across the United States
there is also a video at the link.