The Living Wage Map

Esri's Living Wage Map shows the gap betwixt the minimum wage together with the actual existent toll of living inwards every county together with major metropolitan surface area inwards the United States. The map uses MIT’s Living Wage Calculator to guess betwixt each area's minimum wage together with the existent toll of living inwards that area.

You tin piece of employment the map to compare the minimum wage to the living wage for iii unlike types of family; a couplet amongst ii children, a unmarried raise amongst ane kid together with a unmarried adult. Once yous pick out a household menage unit of measurement type yous tin sentiment a choropleth map showing the deviation betwixt the minimum together with living wage across the United States.

The darker the color on the choropleth layer together with then the higher the gap betwixt the area's minimum wage together with the living wage. If yous select a county on the map yous tin sentiment the minimum wage inwards that county, the living wage inwards the county together with the deviation betwixt the two.