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# Nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to afford a one-bedroom rental
- URL: https://werd.io/nearly-half-of-american-workers-dont-earn-enough-to-afford/
- Published: 2021-08-13T08:50:50.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-13T08:50:50.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

“Rents in the US continued to increase through the pandemic, and a worker now needs to earn about $20.40 an hour to afford a modest one-bedroom rental. The median wage in the US is about $21 an hour.” Some absolutely dire statistics here.

\[[Link](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/12/housing-renter-affordable-data-map?CMP=Share%5FiOSApp%5FOther)\]