About this Dataset

Strategic Measure Dollars Per Hour Wage That An Individual Must Earn To Support A Family In Austin (Self-Sufficiency Wage) (EOA.C.3)

This data set exists to understand the financial requirements to live in Travis County to support a family. The data source is reported every two years by the University of Washington's Self-Sufficiency Standard which has been monitoring county-level data across the United States since the mid-1990's. Dr. Diana Pearce is the creator of the Self-Sufficiency Standard. This data can be used to craft policy, targeting resources, and one-on-one job coaching counseling.

View more details and insights related to this data set on the story page here: data.austintexas.gov/stories/s/rt9q-qkym
Organization: City of Austin
Last updated: 2020-11-12T13:28:59.411320
Tags: cost-of-living, hourly-wage, self-sufficiency

Tables

Table 1

@usgov.city_of_austin_strategic_measure_dollars_per_hour_wage_955fafff.table_1

135.01 kB
2,076 rows
24 columns

CREATE TABLE table_1 (
  "year" BIGINT,
  "state_name" VARCHAR,
  "state_abbreviation" VARCHAR,
  "county" VARCHAR,
  "family_code" VARCHAR,
  "adult_s" BIGINT  -- Adult(s),
  "infant_s" DOUBLE  -- Infant(s),
  "preschooler_s" DOUBLE  -- Preschooler(s),
  "schoolager_s" DOUBLE  -- Schoolager(s),
  "teenager_s" DOUBLE  -- Teenager(s),
  "housing_costs" DOUBLE,
  "child_care_costs" DOUBLE,
  "food_costs" DOUBLE,
  "health_care_costs" DOUBLE,
  "transportation_costs" DOUBLE,
  "miscellaneous_costs" DOUBLE,
  "taxes" DOUBLE,
  "earned_income_tax_credit" DOUBLE  -- Earned Income Tax Credit (-),
  "child_care_tax_credit" BIGINT  -- Child Care Tax Credit (-),
  "child_tax_credit" DOUBLE  -- Child Tax Credit (-),
  "hourly_self_sufficiency_wage_per_adult" DOUBLE  -- Hourly Self-Sufficiency Wage (per Adult),
  "monthly_self_sufficiency_wage" DOUBLE,
  "annual_self_sufficiency_wage" DOUBLE,
  "emergency_savings" DOUBLE
);