Report: Rent Still Too Damn High For Minimum Wage Workers In Missouri & Kansas

Credit where it's due . . .

This bit of data from the newspaper reveals that locals will have to work a great deal of overtime in order to afford a place . . . Here's an apt quote and more info . . .

Between March 2023 and March 2024, Kansas’ median rent rose by 9.8%, while Missouri’s increased by 9.7%, the third and fourth highest increase in the nation.

A Kansas minimum wage worker would need to clock in 112 hours a week — 2.8 full-time jobs — to pay for a two-bedroom apartment in the state, or 91 hours — 2.3 full time jobs — for a one-bedroom apartment. In Missouri, working 68 hours a week at minimum wage would pay for a two-bedroom apartment in the state, while 55 hours a week would cover a one bedroom.

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This is how much minimum wage workers must work to afford rent in Kansas and Missouri

Learn the salary needed to rent a small apartment or house in the Kansas City area, per National Low Income Housing Coalition's new study.