Idaho wages
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Dec 4, 2009 Posted by Judy Ferro
Study: Job gap grows in Idaho, Washington - Spokesman-Review
December 2, 2009 by Betsy Z. Russell
Excerpts only:
The Northwest Job Gap study sponsored by the Northwest Confederation of Community Organizations(Since these 2008 figures were gathered, unemployment has nearly doubled.)
- Living wage in Idaho for a single adult--$12.41 per hour (43% of openings fell short)
- Adult with one child--$21.90 per hour
- Two adults with one child--$26.98 per hour (89% of job openings fell short)
- Forty-three percent of Idaho’s job openings in 2008 paid less than the living wage for a single adult, as did 33 percent of the openings in Washington, the study found.
- In 2004, the group’s similar study found that 29 percent of Idaho job openings paid less than a living wage for a single adult, and 78 percent paid less than the living wage for an adult with two children.
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Re:More from the IP-T
Dec 5, 2009 | Judy Ferro | idadem@yahoo.com
Canyon County's unemployment rate rose to 11.9% in November but it was much less than Adams (24.8%) or Valley (20.2%) counties. For more please see Unemployment remains high in county on Page A3 of December 05, 2009 issue of Idaho Press