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Not sure if it fits, but Utah minimum wage is not proper living wage

Sorry, this post may be a bit hard to read if you don't like to read math or have poor focus, or if the uniform page text is difficult for you. If it's the latter, you can look at the attached images to see my calculations, though the paper is a bit incoherent. I did some math on paper a couple of months ago with numbers pulled from a google search (don't remember what it was but something along the lines of “living wage in Utah”) and the base numbers of a full-time job (9:00-18:00, Monday-Friday). Minimum wage in Utah is $7.25/hour, that makes $290/week, which is $1,160/month, which is $13,920/year (this is not take-home pay, this is flat pay). The result I received from that Google search was 43,000-66,000/year. At minimum (based on the aforementioned numbers), you must be paid $22.40/hour to simply live in Utah (43,000/12=3,583.34 > 3,583.34/4=895.84…


Sorry, this post may be a bit hard to read if you don't like to read math or have poor focus, or if the uniform page text is difficult for you. If it's the latter, you can look at the attached images to see my calculations, though the paper is a bit incoherent.

I did some math on paper a couple of months ago with numbers pulled from a google search (don't remember what it was but something along the lines of “living wage in Utah”) and the base numbers of a full-time job (9:00-18:00, Monday-Friday). Minimum wage in Utah is $7.25/hour, that makes $290/week, which is $1,160/month, which is $13,920/year (this is not take-home pay, this is flat pay). The result I received from that Google search was 43,000-66,000/year.

At minimum (based on the aforementioned numbers), you must be paid $22.40/hour to simply live in Utah (43,000/12=3,583.34 > 3,583.34/4=895.84 > 859.84/5=179.17 > 179.17/8=22.40 > 22.40); if you want to check my math, please do. Of course, you always want to round up with money when spending and down when receiving when calculating based on cost so that you don't wind up in debt. The $66,000 annual pay is $34.38/hour (66,000/12=5,500 > 5,500/4=1,375 > 1,375/5=275 > 275/8=34.38 > 34.38)

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