Measuring Middle-Skills Occupational Gaps within the Western New York Region

SELF-SUFFICIENCY STANDARD FOR ERIE COUNTY, NY 2010

40

Adult + Infant

2 Adults +

Adult + Infant

Adult +

Adult +

2 Adults + 2 Adults + Preschooler

Adult +

Adult +

Preschooler School Age Preschooler

Infant

Preschooler School Age

MONTHLY COSTS

Adult

Infant Preschooler Preschooler School Age Teenager School Age Preschooler School Age Teenager

Housing

616

740 737 352 308 340 248 509

740 843 360 308

740

740

740 495 627 308 397 257 268

916

740

740

916

Child Care

0

1580

1337

2075

1580

1337

1337

Food

238 301 144 130 281

472 308 355

540 308 364 329 629

636 308 380 431

678 594 427 402 859

907 594 485 385 712

Transportation Health Care Miscellaneous

594

259 527

424 785

Taxes

754

1119

Earned Income Tax Credit(·) Child Care Tax Credit(·) Child Tax Credit(·)

0

0

0

0

0

-202

0

0

0

0

0

-60

-58

-100

-100

-65

-100

-100

-100

-100

0

-83

-83

-167 -0.33

-167 -0.33

-167 -0.33

-250 -0.33

-167

-167

-250

Making Work

0.33

-0.33

-67

-67

-67

Pay Credit (-) SELF SUFFICIENCY WAGE HOURLY

$9.52 $17.38 $18.19 $24.17 $22.43 $14.91 $31.15 $14.05 $13.11 $14.29 /Adult /Adult /Adult $1,676 $3,058 $3,202 $4,255 $3,947 $2,624 $5,482 $4,947 $4,614 $5,030 $20,108 $36,697 $38,419 $51,056 $47,362 $31,486 $65,781 $59,366 $55,369 $60,358

MONTHLY ANNUAL

Data Source: http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/SelfSufficiencyStandardForNewYorkState2010.pdf