What Is the Living Wage in Each Pennsylvania County?

Pennsylvania currently blocks localities from setting their own minimum wage, even though it takes nearly a 50% higher wage for a worker to live in a high-cost county compared to low-cost county. Hover or tap each county to explore the hourly rate that one adult with zero children must earn to support themselves working full-time, or 2080 hours per year, in 2025.

Wage shown is enough to keep one worker with no children off anti-poverty programs and cover basic needs but does not cover any purchase of prepared foods, eating outside the home, and does not allow a single dollar for savings or entertainment. Pennsylvania average living wage statewide for one full time worker with no children is $22.91 per hour.
Chart: Keystone Research CenterSource: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Living Wage calculator technical notes: https://livingwage.mit.edu/resources/living_wage_technical_documentation.pdf, May 2025. Created with Datawrapper