Originally Posted by
s0ssos
So how do you calculate it?
There's no such thing as a "living wage". Presuming you mean what it is intended to mean. So that means if you make $15 an hour in Seattle you can buy a house and own a car?
Unless you mean "definition" in the same way that "happiness" can be defined.
This really seems off topic, but if you are genuinely confused by this well-accepted concept, you can Google it or look at the Wikipedia page.