Esri's Living Wage Map shows the gap betwixt the minimum wage as well as the actual existent terms of living inwards every county as well as major metropolitan surface area inwards the United States. The map uses MIT’s Living Wage Calculator to approximate betwixt each area's minimum wage as well as the existent terms of living inwards that area.
You tin purpose the map to compare the minimum wage to the living wage for iii dissimilar types of family; a distich alongside 2 children, a unmarried raise alongside ane kid as well as a unmarried adult. Once yous lead a household solid unit of measurement type yous tin thought a choropleth map showing the divergence betwixt the minimum as well as living wage across the United States.
The darker the color on the choropleth layer hence the higher the gap betwixt the area's minimum wage as well as the living wage. If yous select a county on the map yous tin thought the minimum wage inwards that county, the living wage inwards the county as well as the divergence betwixt the two.
