Dallas, Texas (WFCN) –
Recent research out of the United Way of the National Capital Area shows that minimum wage employees in Texas must work nearly 24 hours just to cover their grocery bills.
For many Texans, this report brings to light a harsh truth, but it’s also something that affects their own lives.
The researchers looked at minimum salaries and median incomes to determine how many hours of work are required to buy food in each state.
They utilized personal finance benchmarks to establish the percentage of income that went toward groceries, and they computed weekly and annual grocery prices using data from the most recent census.
That way, they could calculate the amount of hours needed to pay for groceries and see where they were short each year.
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As the second state with the longest minimum wage workweek, Texas requires its minimum wage laborers to clock nearly a full day, 23:53 hours, just to afford food. Workers in Georgia who are required to log in at 23:56 hours each day are the first to do so.
Family budgets fall short of food costs by an average of $3,444.31 per year, and wage earners must put in an average of 7.50 hours per week just to make ends meet.