a living wage is the minimum a person needs to survive without severe and persistent food and housing insecurity. It's the amount one would spend on groceries,

a living wage is the minimum a person needs to survive without severe and persistent food and housing insecurity. It's the amount one would spend on groceries, rent, utilities, transportation, childcare, and sometimes healthcare. It does not include luxuries such as meals at restaurants, entertainment, savings accounts, retirement funds, investments, or vacations. MIT has a great living wage calculator for the US. Their definition of living wage is in the about section. http://livingwage.mit.edu/ http://livingwage.mit.edu/