It Takes 2.7 Full Time Jobs To Pay Rent at Minimum Wage In South Carolina

By: Melanie Day | Power98FM | Aug 8, 2022

This is a startling statistic. If you work a minimum wage job in South Carolina you’d have to work 106 per week to afford the average rent. That number comes from the National Low Income Housing Coalition‘s 2022 Out of Reach report. The purpose is to bring awareness to the issue that rent is “out of reach” to many low-income workers across the country. (Read More)