Retail employees in the Philly region need to earn more than twice their current annual income to afford the average apartment in the area.
In the Philadelphia region, retail employees will need to earn more than double their current annual income to afford the median-priced apartment in the area, writes Michaelle Bond for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Philadelphia metropolitan area retail workers earned a median annual salary of $35,006 in 2024. In order to comfortably afford the rent for an apartment, with a median price of $1,783 in October, they would need an income of $71,331, according to a new Redfin report…