Income To Meet Basic Needs (2022–2024)

Definition

Estimates of how much income (before taxes) a family of one adult with one child and two adults with two children required to meet basic needs.

Basic needs includes food costs, child care, health insurance, housing, transportation, and other basic necessities.

Data Source

Glasmeier, Amy K. Living Wage Calculator. 2021. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. livingwage.mit.edu.
MIT (2018). Living Wage Calculator.

http://livingwage.mit.edu/

Notes

Updated January 2024

Last Updated

2025-01