What is Wisconsin’s ‘living wage’? Economics researchers find that the amount of hourly pay earned by workers across the state, much less the minimum wage, fails to meet the threshold for what they’ve found is a livable level.

“This is a very pressing issue for many people in Wisconsin,” said Laura Dresser of the Center for Wisconsin Strategy, which has published “Can’t Survive on $7.25,” a report that explores the impact and issues of low wages for Wisconsinites.

“We know that there are fewer people working very close to the bottom of the wage floor – that $7.25 per hour minimum wage – today than there were even three years ago,” Dresser added, “but there are still some in the state who do and others who don’t make much more than that.”