Hawaiʻi has the worst minimum wage in the nation
A report from Howmuch.com highlighted how much income is needed to afford an average priced home in each state. Hawaiʻi residents needed the most money at $153,520 per year, with D.C. and California coming in next at $138,440 and $120,120 respectively.
Legislators in D.C., California and several other cities and states have helped working families afford their high costs of living by increasing the minimum wage. The Hawaiʻi Democratic Party, however, has left local workers worse off than any other state.
Families here have to work more than 290 hours per week at minimum wage to be able to afford an average priced home, by far the most in the nation and 146 hours more than twice the national average. The next closest is Utah at 222 hours per week, followed by California at 210 and D.C. at 201.
Minimum wages in D.C. and California are set to increase even more to $15 per hour and then adjust for inflation, giving workers there even more of an opportunity to afford their cost of living. While Hawaiʻi has the nation's highest cost of living, the minimum wage is stagnant at $10.10 with no plans to increase it.
