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This isn't surprising, but it really exemplifies a problem, a lack of decent child care for low wage workers.
Child Care is Out of Reach for Working Families Earning the Minimum Wage | Economic Policy Institute
Child Care is Out of Reach for Working Families Earning the Minimum Wage | Economic Policy Institute
More at the link.When you compare the cost of child care to minimum wages across the nation, it becomes apparent just how difficult it is for families living off of a minimum-wage income to afford child care. For example, in Hawaii, the state with the median state minimum wage ($7.75), a minimum-wage worker would have to work full-time from January until July—or 1,162 hours—to cover annual child-care costs for a 4-year-old. Infant care, meanwhile, costs even more—a minimum-wage worker in Hawaii would have to work full-time from January until September (1,548 hours) to pay for a year of infant care.