Americans on minimum wage must work 104 hours a week on average to afford rent on a modest two-bedroom home, according to a major report.The total, equivalent to holding 2.6 full-time jobs, would leave a person who gets eight hours' sleep just 60 minutes per day to cover everything else, the study said.A further analysis of the hourly wage that’s needed to comfortably afford rent on a two-bedroom home found was the least affordable state at $42.25 per hour. A person on minimum wage in the Golden State would need to work 109 hours a week to afford the average two-bedroom home.
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