was raised to $7.25 per hour. Local political movements in a number of U.S. cities have pushed for a higher

minimum wage, which they call a living wage. Promoters of living wage laws maintain that the minimum wage

is too low to ensure a reasonable standard of living. They base this conclusion on the calculation that, if you

work 40 hours a week at a minimum wage of $7.25 per hour for 50 weeks a year, your annual income is

$14,500, which is less than the official U.S. government definition of what it means for a family to be in poverty.

(A family with two adults earning minimum wage and two young children will find it more cost efficient for one

parent to provide childcare while the other works for income. Thus the family income would be $14,500, which

is significantly lower than the federal poverty line for a family of four, which was $26,500 in 2021.)

Supporters of the living wage argue that full-time workers should be assured a high enough wage so that they
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