According to the Living Wage Action Coalition, a living wage is a wage that “affords the earner and her or his family the most basic costs of living without need for government support or poverty programs.” In the San Antonio metropolitan area, it is estimated that a single adult would need to make $9.95/hour and a household with two adults (both working) and two children would need to make $13.51/hour in order to make a living wage. The national minimum wage is $7.25, meaning than an increase of at least $2.70/hour is needed in order to achieve the basic living wage in San Antonio.
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Earning A Living Wage
What strategies to do you think San Antonio should undertake, if any, to ensure all San Antonians earn a living wage?
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