Table A2.

Earnings Plus Taxes and Select Transfers, Two-Adult Households

	One Full-Time Worker				One Full-Time + One Part-Time Worker
Hourly Wage	7.25	10.15	12	15	7.25	10.15	12	15
No children
Annual earnings	14,500	20,300	24,000	30,000	21,750	30,450	36,000	45,000
+ Taxes	13,845	18,757	21,834	26,775	19,981	27,146	31,716	38,840
+ SNAP	16,469	19,869	22,190	26,839	20,725	27,210	31,716	38,840
+ Housing and childcare assistance	23,165	24,825	26,030	28,879	25,237	29,118	31,956	38,840
One child
Annual earnings	14,500	20,300	24,000	30,000	21,750	30,450	36,000	45,000
+ Taxes	17,764	23,120	26,495	30,553	24,459	30,852	34,535	40,448
+ SNAP	22,236	26,080	28,495	31,033	27,391	32,156	35,631	40,448
+ Housing and childcare assistance	29,124	31,408	32,719	33,805	37,258	38,420	38,292	40,448
Two children
Annual earnings	14,500	20,300	24,000	30,000	21,750	30,450	36,000	45,000
+ Taxes	20,688	26,319	29,681	33,839	27,658	34,115	37,516	43,033
+ SNAP	26,876	30,991	33,397	35,991	32,306	36,507	39,068	43,729
+ Housing and childcare assistance	33,860	36,235	37,525	38,319	45,880	47,464	47,440	46,436
Three children
Annual earnings	14,500	20,300	24,000	30,000	21,750	30,450	36,000	45,000
+ Taxes	21,385	27,611	31,378	35,656	29,168	35,977	39,618	45,135
+ SNAP	29,193	33,907	36,714	39,428	35,436	39,989	42,190	46,699
+ Housing and childcare assistance	36,321	39,295	40,986	41,900	52,300	54,236	54,782	55,414

Source: Authors’ calculations.

Note: 2015 Official Poverty Thresholds, which vary by household size and number of children, are as follows: $12,331 (1 adult), $16,337 (1 adult, 1 child), $19,096 (1 adult, 2 children), $24,120 (1 adult, 3 children), $15,871 (2 adults), $19,078 (2 adults, 1 child), $24,036 (2 adults, 2 children), $28,286 (2 adults, 3 children).