Devoreal
That is 35,000 per year. If you get a child care subsidy or you get a reduced rate on child care, yeah. My cousin has two kids and makes that much and is living in a house.
It isn't a great house, and it is a 40 min drive to work, and back but she supports herself without help from my auntie.
It will also kind of depend on where you live, I mean if she lived in Manhattan or Hollywood..no...she would be on the street.
R P
That depends on your location.
Where I am in FL, $17 per hour is a pretty high wage. If I were in Miami, that wouldnt' be enough to live on.
Anonymous
Definitely. My dad raised me and my two siblings on $11 an hour, while paying $700 rent for a three-bedroom. Granted, we didn't have internet or anything nice, but we had electricity and basic television. I'd think that with only one child and only a one bedroom, you'll do much better on $17 per hour.
Trivial One
Well, it's better than $0 an hour for not working at all. You have to start somewhere and then work your way up. $17 an hour is a decent pay rate.
Bob
depends on everything else you have to spend money on... most importantly if you can say somewhere that is rent free UNTIL you have save 6-9 months of total expenses as an emergency fund, then could rent and now worry about what happens to you and your child should you lose your job.