Jobs Now Coalition, 2013.  

It’s time to raise Minnesota’s minimum wage. The federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, or $15,080 a year for a full-time worker, is not enough to meet basic needs—not for an individual or a family. At the current minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, a couple with two children would have to work 155 hours a week to meet basic needs. At normal full-time hours, each parent would need to earn $14.03 an hour to meet basic needs. An individual with no children would need to earn $11.82 an hour.

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