Living in the Red

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The wage gap between high- and low-income families continues to grow. In the Northwest, people struggle to find work that pays a living wage. A living wage is the amount that is needed for an individual or family to meet their basic needs. This increasing wage gap means that for many individuals and families, hard work just isn’t enough.

 

Living in the Red: Northwest Family Budgets Falling Behind, 2007 Northwest Job Gap, takes stock of the Northwest economy. This report features:

 

- A living wage for all counties in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington

- A comparison of real wage growth with the rise in the living wage,

- The percent of job openings that pay a living wage,

- The ratio of the number of living wage job openings to the number of people looking for work.

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