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The Modern Slave Blog
Plain, sourced numbers on wages, rent, healthcare, childcare and debt — and why a full-time job stopped being enough.
You Don’t Get a Sick Day. You Get a $170 Pay Cut.
61% of the lowest-paid quarter of private-sector workers get a paid sick day. For the ...
The Job Takes 9.4 Hours a Day. Then It Tells You to Take Care of Yourself.
A full-time weekday runs 8.5 hours of work plus a 54-minute commute. Only 47.2% of adults ...
I Hate My Job but Can’t Afford to Quit. Here’s the Math.
The median job search now runs 11.4 weeks, and 45% of adults can't cover three months ...
Your Job Stopped Coming With a Retirement
15% of the lowest-paid private workers are in a retirement plan at work, vs 80% of top ...
You Didn’t Get Worse at Budgeting. The Week Got Longer.
The deal was forty hours.
That was the whole bargain — five days, eight hours, and ...
Billed Upfront for the Privilege of Being Underpaid
Americans owe $1.863 trillion in student loans.
42.6 million people carry it. The average ...
They Took Your Raise, Then Billed You for the Daycare
Two numbers, from two unrelated reports.
$18,720 — the raise that disappeared. Pay ...
The $20,143 You Earn and Never See
If you have family health coverage through your job, it costs $26,993 a year.
You ...
