Estimate the hourly wage needed to cover basic Pennsylvania household costs.
Estimates the Pennsylvania living wage: hourly pay a full-time worker needs to cover basic expenses after an assumed combined tax rate. Actual cost-of-living varies within the state.
Hourly
Hourly = expenses / (1 − tax rate) / 2,080 hrs
Budget estimate for guidance only.
The living wage is a bottom-up budget estimate; it can exceed the statutory minimum wage.
Rates are approximate state or national reference values. Local rates, exemptions and rules can differ, so treat the output as a planning figure only.