[cellar_door]

2 people * $15/hr minimum * 2000 hrs/year = $60,000 household income

US median household income is $61,937.

[sigwinch28]

2000 / 52 ≈ 38 hours a week, every week of the year. That's 9am-5:30pm Mon-Fri with 30m for lunch. So basically a household of two full-time jobs to make £45k/yr gross.

When exactly do these two people take holiday or sick leave?

[grecy]

And how do they pay for childcare, or actually enjoy their lives.