I like that employers are having trouble finding employees cause it's a rare time where the actual value of labor can be discovered without the artificial pressure from minimum wage
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$15/hr is $31,200 before taxes and other deductions. Add in other essential expenses like rent/mortgage, groceries, utilities, gas, car or student loan payment, childcare, etc and it disappears fast.
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It's not hard to spend under 10k/year on housing in smaller cities. Avg groceries is around 4k/year, utilities mebbe 2k/year, gas is 3k/year, and this leaves 12k/year for student loans (hopefully u dont have a lot if you're makin min wage), childcare, and everything else.
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also fwiw i survived pretty well on $7.25-$10/hr for a long time. If I'd had a kid it woulda been harder but I think it would have been feasible, as I was able to still save quite a bit of money!