LesserAbe@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTIL if you live in Pennsylvania and make minimum wage you'd have to work 105 hours a week to afford a "modest" one bedroom rental.nlihc.orgexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1738arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1722arrow-down1external-linkTIL if you live in Pennsylvania and make minimum wage you'd have to work 105 hours a week to afford a "modest" one bedroom rental.nlihc.orgLesserAbe@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square110fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSconrad122@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoPretty sure they are using 56/12=4.667 weeks per month and 0.3 ratio instead of a third, that makes the numbers line up for me
minus-squareQualifiedKitten@kbin.socialcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoYeah, my numbers were definitely very round, but if we are trying to get more exact, aren’t there only 52 weeks per year, so 4.33 weeks per month?
minus-squareSconrad122@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoTypo, 52 is what I meant. Good catch!
Pretty sure they are using 56/12=4.667 weeks per month and 0.3 ratio instead of a third, that makes the numbers line up for me
Yeah, my numbers were definitely very round, but if we are trying to get more exact, aren’t there only 52 weeks per year, so 4.33 weeks per month?
Typo, 52 is what I meant. Good catch!