Well let's see, how to define it... Let's take the median rent price as base reference, for a 25m2 / 270ft2 (1 person in a small flat, typically, not even a one bedroom flat, you sleep on your couch facing your desk with a "kitchen" right next to you and a bathroom near the exit door... Yeah I lived in exactly that for a while) Let's say it's 500 bucks a month in some descent neighborhood https://www.abodo.com/blog/2019-annual-rent-report/ For a living wage, the rent price shouldn't exceed 1/3 of your salary So a living wage would be something around 3x$500=$1500 a month, roughly https://www.thebalancecareers.com/average-salary-information-for-us-workers-2060808 >>According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median wage for workers in the United States in the first quarter of 2020 was $957 per week or $49,764 per year $957*4=$3828 a month