Out of Reach

The High Cost of Housing

How Much Do You Need to Earn to Afford a Modest Apartment in Your State?

Hourly wage required to afford a two-bedroom rental home by state.
Below $22.50
$22.50 - $30.00
Above $30.00
Map of states colored by hourly wage required to afford a two bedroom rental home by state. Most require more than $15/hour.HawaiiHIAlaskaAKFloridaFLNew HampshireNHMichiganMIVermontVTMaineMERhode IslandRINew YorkNYPennsylvaniaPANew JerseyNJDelawareDEMarylandMDCommonwealth of VirginiaVACommonwealth of VirginiaWVOhioOHIndianaINIllinoisILConnecticutCTWisconsinWINorth CarolinaNCWashington, D.C.DCCommonwealth of MassachusettsMATennesseeTNArkansasARMissouriMOGeorgiaGASouth CarolinaSCCommonwealth of KentuckyKYAlabamaALLouisianaLAMississippiMSIowaIAMinnesotaMNOklahomaOKTexasTXNew MexicoNMKansasKSNebraskaNESouth DakotaSDNorth DakotaNDWyomingWYMontanaMTColoradoCOIdahoIDUtahUTArizonaAZNevadaNVOregonORWashingtonWACaliforniaCAPuerto RicoPRU.S. Virgin IslandsGuamNorthern Mariana IslandsAmerican Samoa

Florida

9th

Highest Housing Wage

$37.27/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

115/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Missouri

39th

Highest Housing Wage

$21.61/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

63/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

South Dakota

50th

Highest Housing Wage

$18.96/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

66/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Georgia

23rd

Highest Housing Wage

$29.46/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

163/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Montana

25th

Highest Housing Wage

$28.99/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

110/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Tennessee

31st

Highest Housing Wage

$27.01/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

149/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Hawaii

2nd

Highest Housing Wage

$49.19/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

141/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Nebraska

40th

Highest Housing Wage

$21.57/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

64/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Texas

22nd

Highest Housing Wage

$29.64/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

164/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Idaho

29th

Highest Housing Wage

$27.83/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

154/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Nevada

16th

Highest Housing Wage

$32.94/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

110/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Utah

24th

Highest Housing Wage

$29.29/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

162/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Illinois

19th

Highest Housing Wage

$29.81/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

79/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

New Hampshire

12th

Highest Housing Wage

$35.08/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

194/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Vermont

21st

Highest Housing Wage

$29.73/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

85/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Indiana

38th

Highest Housing Wage

$22.18/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

122/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

New Jersey

7th

Highest Housing Wage

$39.99/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

103/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Virginia

14th

Highest Housing Wage

$33.64/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

108/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Iowa

47th

Highest Housing Wage

$19.99/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

110/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

New Mexico

34th

Highest Housing Wage

$23.18/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

77/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Alabama

45th

Highest Housing Wage

$20.61/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

114/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Kansas

43rd

Highest Housing Wage

$20.87/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

115/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

New York

3rd

Highest Housing Wage

$46.03/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

119/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

West Virginia

51st

Highest Housing Wage

$18.94/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

87/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Alaska

20th

Highest Housing Wage

$29.73/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

91/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Kentucky

41st

Highest Housing Wage

$21.47/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

118/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

North Carolina

30th

Highest Housing Wage

$27.14/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

150/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Wisconsin

35th

Highest Housing Wage

$23.15/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

128/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Arizona

13th

Highest Housing Wage

$34.18/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

93/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Louisiana

36th

Highest Housing Wage

$22.88/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

126/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

North Dakota

48th

Highest Housing Wage

$19.47/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

107/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Wyoming

46th

Highest Housing Wage

$20.25/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

112/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Arkansas

49th

Highest Housing Wage

$18.98/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

69/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Maine

26th

Highest Housing Wage

$28.42/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

78/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Ohio

37th

Highest Housing Wage

$22.51/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

84/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Puerto Rico

52nd

Highest Housing Wage

$11.64/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

44/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

California

1st

Highest Housing Wage

$49.61/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

120/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Maryland

8th

Highest Housing Wage

$39.15/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

104/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Oklahoma

42nd

Highest Housing Wage

$20.98/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

116/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Colorado

10th

Highest Housing Wage

$36.79/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

99/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Massachusetts

4th

Highest Housing Wage

$45.90/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

122/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Oregon

15th

Highest Housing Wage

$33.02/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

88/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Connecticut

11th

Highest Housing Wage

$35.42/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

87/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Michigan

33rd

Highest Housing Wage

$24.46/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

78/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Pennsylvania

28th

Highest Housing Wage

$27.83/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

154/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Delaware

17th

Highest Housing Wage

$32.18/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

86/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Minnesota

27th

Highest Housing Wage

$28.23/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

101/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Rhode Island

18th

Highest Housing Wage

$31.71/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

85/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

District of Columbia

5th

Highest Housing Wage

$44.50/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

102/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

Mississippi

44th

Highest Housing Wage

$20.79/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

115/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

South Carolina

32nd

Highest Housing Wage

$25.91/hr

Required to afford a 2 bedroom rental home

143/wk

Hours of work needed at the minimum wage (to afford 2 bedroom rental home)

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