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We really should include people who aren’t earning a living wage in the unemployment figures to more accurately reflect the state of our economy.

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Is there even a definition for a "living wage"

Yes. It's enough money to maintain a decent standard of living without being subsidized by the government.

The question then is what qualifies for a "decent standard of living".

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This number does not nclude the people who have given up looking, which is probably at the highest it has ever been in years.

People that have given up because childcare is too expensive is a big one.

While I agree with your perspective, your argument adds complexity that weakens the case rather than strengthen it.

The government already calculates a “cost of living index” for every part of the country.

A living wage is simply any wage which is at or above the cost of living in that location.

Should we, as a society aim for the higher standard of a “a decent wage”? Absolutely, & I’d define a decent wage as a wage that allows a person to cover the basic costs of living + 10% of their income in discretionary spending & another 10% in savings.

I find it amazing that the idea that corporations have to make a profit from their efforts is considered obvious but the idea that a worker also should profit (profit being income minus expenses) is considered communism.

A living wage is a wage that meets or exceeds the government’s calculated cost of living for a particular area.

No person who works 40 hours a week should earn less than the actual cost necessary to provide that labor.

Otherwise we are as a society subsidizing the operations of corporations.

There are a bunch of U numbers at the bureau of labor and statistics website.

How about the people who have been laid off and still have cash? Eg tech workers.

Yeah I think it's disturbing how most people live with well below the standards I have for a decent wage and wealth is very unevenly distributed.

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Apparently people in these replies don't understand these statistics. These figures are based on a consistent methodology that hasn't changed. And so the numbers can be compared to each other and trends drawn.

You can compare rates of long-term unemployed to each other, but that's different from the overall Unemployment Rate.

"nObOdY WaNtS tO WoRk AnYmOrE"

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