In Minneapolis, Wal-Mart payed her $7 an hour. She spent some time debating between this and Menards but realized that the 10 dollars an hour promised at Menards was not a reality by any means. A problem facing Ehrenreich around this time as well as throughout the book is affordable housing.
The Minneapolis Community Development Agency filed a 2003 report that establishes the 2003 Minneapolis Living Wage at $9.73 per hour. She is barely there and realistically going to need another job to survive in Minnesota.
http://www.newrules.org/equity/rules/living-wage/living-wage-ordinance-minneapolis
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