This wage gap may be why you strain financially to live in your state [View all]

American families living in half the country — 25 states — need to earn about $30 an hour, or roughly $53,000 per year after taxes, to make ends meet, according to an analysis from all-in-one finance app platform MoneyLion.

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Which states require the highest hourly wage to get by?
Hawaii tops the list with $69.43 an hour, or $110,782 after taxes for the year, to cover annual grocery costs of $12,505, housing costs of $62,903 andhealthcare costsof $10,321, MoneyLion said.

It’s followed by:

Massachusetts at $54.25 per hour, or $89,725 after taxes annually, to pay yearly for $9,812 for groceries, $49,063 for housing and $10,788 for healthcare.

Californians need to earn $46.22 hourly, or $79,367 after taxes each year, to afford annual groceries of $10,301, $38,298 for housing and $8,387 for healthcare.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wage-gap-may-why-strain-100506088.html