You don’t need to be a politician to move to Washington, D.C., and now new data has given us a fresh reason to relocate to the nation’s capital.
It’s the best place to live for families comprised of two working adults and one child to earn a living, according to a newly released analysis by LendingTree.
The research found that nationwide, 57.2% of Americans work for a median pay that is greater than the living wage. But in D.C., 75.4% of people have jobs that pay more, on average, than the local livable wage of $20.69 per working adult. The No. 2 place is North Dakota at 71%, followed by Alaska at 70.9%.
What state do you not want to move to if your family looks like that? California, because only 46.9% of working adults have occupations that earn more than the local livable rate of $21.76. Also, avoid Arkansas at 47.6% and Hawaii at 48.4%
LendingTree used 2020 date from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Living Wage Calculator and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.