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<DIV><BR>Wayne A. Fox<BR>1009 Karen Lane<BR>PO Box 9421<BR>Moscow, ID
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<H1 id=blox-asset-title><SPAN class="blox-headline entry-title">Report: Idaho
living wage jobs are scarce</SPAN></H1></DIV>
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<P>BOISE — Despite widespread talk of economic recovery, jobs that pay enough to
meet a family’s needs in Idaho are few and far between, according to a new
report released today and prepared by the Alliance for a Just Society. The 2010
Northwest Job Gap Report, Searching for Work that Pays, finds that 53 percent of
job openings pay less than a living wage for a single adult. The numbers only
get worse for working families: 88 percent pay less than the living wage for a
family with two adults (one working) with two children.</P>
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<P>These figures are even more devastating when compared to the numbers being
posted by corporations and Wall Street. While millions desperately try to make
ends meet, U.S. corporations are reaping record profits. Between July and
September alone, they raked in money at the all-time high of $1.66 trillion.</P>
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<P>The appalling disparities between people and corporations are brought to
light by findings in this annual report Job Gap report. The report, which
supplies data for all counties in Idaho, calculates a living wage for a variety
of family sizes, and then measures how many job openings in Idaho pay that
wage.</P>
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<P>A living wage is a wage that allows a family to meet its basic needs without
public assistance and provides it some ability to save money for emergencies and
to plan ahead. The report finds that in Idaho a single adult needs to earn
$29,642 a year to meet his or her needs. A family of four with two working
adults needs $75,372 a year.</P>
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<P>The report also finds that, in Idaho, for every 30 job seekers, there is only
one available job that pays a living wage of $55,002 a year for a family of
three. The shortfall in living wage jobs forces families to make impossible
decisions, juggling scarce dollars between buying milk for the baby or gas for
the car.</P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>