Report: A minimum-wage worker can’t afford a 2-bedroom apartment anywhere in the U.S.

Nationally, one would have to earn $17.90 an hour to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment without spending more than 30 percent of income on housing, a common budgeting standard. Or $22.10 an hour for a two-bedroom rental.In Washington state, it takes $26.87 an hour to afford a two-bedroom place.