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The cost of living in Montana

There are eight job seekers in Montana for every projected job opening that provides a living wage.

"There’s no question, minimum wage does not earn people enough money to pay for the basic necessities of life," Luckey said.

According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s living wage calculator, the living wage for a sole provider in a family of two adults and two children is $16.61 an hour.

And according to a December 2013 job gap study by the Alliance for a Just Society and the Montana Organizing Project, there are eight job seekers in Montana for every projected job opening that provides a living wage.

Alexander Deedy

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