There is another variable in what it takes to be paid enough - conditions. Minimium wage for a convenience store clerk job while in college where you can openly

There is another variable in what it takes to be paid enough - conditions. Minimium wage for a convenience store clerk job while in college where you can openly study may be enough money from the nice side benefits and fits into your schedule. A $25/hr job working in a sewage plant which certainly does not isolate the smell, unpredictable shifts, calls for unclogging human waste with an obnoxious arrogant, micromanaging asshole boss with rage issues? Not enough money.