You need to work 80 hours a week on a minimum wage job to live in Tacoma, city finds

You would have to make $67,000 a year and above to make it in the Grit City with a normal nine to five.

TACOMA, Wash. — How many hours a week do you need to work to live in Tacoma? 

If you’re making minimum wage, you essentially need two full-time jobs, according to the Tacoma Affordable Housing Blog

The housing blog cited data by WalletHub which listed the Grit City as one of the least renter-friendly in the United States. 

Workers making the state minimum wage, which is $16.28 an hour, would need to work 80 hours a week to afford living

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