A wage or salary that permits a worker to live at least with minimal customary amenities, and above conditions of poverty.
As defined by the "Job Gap Study" ( Northwest Policy Center) a wage that allows families to meet their basic needs without resorting to public assistance and provides them some ability to deal with emergencies and plan ahead. "It is not a poverty wage". [NW Job Gap (Supplement to NW Policy Center's "The Changing Northwest")
a also term often used by advocates to point out that the federal minimum wage is not high enough to support a family
an amount that allows a working family to get by without government assistance
a salary that allows a full time full year worker to earn wages above the poverty line for a single person in a large Canadian city
a wage that allows a family to live above the poverty line
a wage that allows families to meet their basic needs (housing, food, taxes) without public assistance and provides them some ability to deal with emergencies and plan ahead
a wage that helps cover the needs of a family
a wage that meets a worker's basic human needs
the wage required by an employee in order to achieve a decent standard of living.
'liv-eng · wâj/ An above market wage mandate set at upwards of $15 an hour. Traditional living wages apply only to government employees or employees of companies that contract with governments. Recently, efforts have been made to expand the reach of these ordinances to all local businesses.
The lowest possible hourly wage a person can earn and still be able to cover the basic costs of living. As costs of living vary between different locations and increases with time, so does the living wage. [read frequently asked questions about the living wage campaign
A wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably.
The term "living wage" is used by advocates to refer to the minimum hourly wage necessary for a person to achieve some specific standard of living. In the context of developed countries such as the United Kingdom or Switzerland, this standard generally means that a person working forty hours a week, with no additional income, should be able to afford a specified quality or quantity of housing, food, utilities, transport, health care, and recreation. This concept differs from the minimum wage in that the latter is set by law and may fail to meet the requirements of a living wage.