Even after rent prices has been declining nationwide for months, minimum wage workers are struggling to afford monthly ...

While rent prices continue to trend downward nationwide, just five of the 50 largest US metros remain affordable for workers ...

Rent affordability is better in cities with higher minimum wages, even in expensive markets It would take the incomes of almost four full-time workers earning the federal minimum wage to reasonably ...

The $7.25 federal minimum wage has remained stagnant since 2009, but in 30 states, minimum wage is higher, which puts the average US minimum wage at $11.59 per hour. Still, minimum wage earners need ...

For millions of Americans earning minimum wage, rent isn’t just a monthly bill—it’s a second full-time job. In some cities, two roommates splitting an apartment with the median asking rent must work ...

Rental data as of November 2024 for studio, 1-bedroom, or 2-bedroom units advertised as for-rent on Realtor.com ®. Rental units include apartments as well as private rentals (condos, townhomes, single ...

Across the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the United States, the median asking rent for zero- to two-bedroom units fell ...

A banner advertising apartments for rent on display in St. Louis. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, more people than ever in the Midwest and nationwide are not earning enough ...

Dallas-Fort Worth was listed among the 10 metro areas where minimum wage earners would have to work the most hours to afford ...

Two workers who make Pennsylvania’s minimum wage would each have to work 96 hours per week to afford the area’s median asking ...