Tools: How to add and calculate living wage comparisons for companies

Purpose: To help clarify underperforming accounts and provide a distinction as to what the living wage should be for individual cities or locations and understand the reasoning behind low job attraction, low show-up rate, or high attrition within the company.

• Living Wage Calculator Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ez49YsN3FMfz98u9VscyBwqtB9JHE3Ht7Smr1vQpeOY/edit?usp=sharing

• Living Wage Calculator: https://livingwage.mit.edu/

👉 If you are having trouble finding the City data, view the updated search tools within the Spreadsheet here 👈

DEEP DIVE WITH Q&A ON HOW TO UTILIZE THE SPREADSHEET:

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TIP (CITY): If the city you need does not have any data, try searching by state, then Metropolitan Statistical Areas at the bottom of the page

TIP (COUNTY): If you CAN’T find the city within the list, click on the “COUNTY” from the spreadsheet to quickly search for the associated County and use that when searching (see photo for clarity)