KnowraLiving wageLinked fromLinked fromThe 10 pages that link to Living wage, each with the reason it gives.All 10Related 5Compared with 5PovertyCompared with: It frames adequacy from the costs of meeting needs rather than a household poverty threshold.Minimum wageCompared with: It is defined by adequacy for living costs, unlike a legal minimum set by statute.SweatshopCompared with: It sets a benchmark beyond the low wages commonly associated with sweatshop labor.Poverty thresholdCompared with: It is a normative wage benchmark, not a statistical poverty classification cutoff.Iron law of wagesCompared with: The living-wage idea treats adequate earnings as a political goal, not an automatic subsistence floor.