Top headline: The Guardian, 6/26/2026
AI-generated image: Manus 1.6 Lite
Bottom headline: Ohio Capital Journal, 7/3/2026
Marty Schladen reports for the Capital Journal:
A new report has found that four of the 10 most-common occupations in Ohio — which employ 510,000 Ohioans — pay so poorly that a full-time worker supporting a family of three would qualify for federal food assistance. That means such families are trying to survive on less than $35,000 a year.
Perhaps more strikingly, it found that median wages for 84.5% of all jobs in the Buckeye State pay less than the estimated cost of living for a family of three. In the Canton/Massillon area, annual cost of living is about $81,000, according to the Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator. [emphasis added]
The analysis by Policy Matters Ohio also found that after decades of massive tax cuts weighted heavily toward corporations and the wealthy, wages for nine of the 10 most-common occupations dropped relative to the federal poverty level between 2024 and 2025.
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