Key jobs that don't pay enough to live in San Francisco (or some other major cities)

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David Curran
Updated 5:53 am, Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Many cheered San Francisco's gesture toward helping its poorly paid teachers (salary range $56,479-$81,778 for primary school teachers) with a $44 million pledge to develop a site for teacher housing. But what about all the other essential workers who can't afford to live in the city?

With $105,000 for a family of four now qualifying for "low income" housing in San Francisco, there are people in many key occupations that are currently forced to live, alongside the teachers, far from San Francisco city limits.

Take, for example, the Muni (bus) drivers who shuttle thousands of people to work and school every day: their starting salary is $44,525. Or how about our police officers? They start out at $83,000 per year. And firefighters? $74,880.

These salaries may not seem so low until you realize that, according to one source, the median salary needed to rent a 2-bedroom in the city is $216,129 . . . .

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Important-jobs-that-don-t-pay-enough-to-live-in-11147560.php