Here`s how much you need to earn to rent an apartment in Milwaukee, according to a new study

The average one- or two-bedroom rental in Wisconsin is entirely unaffordable to full-time, minimum-wage workers in the state, according to a newly released study by the National Law Income Housing Coalition, a nonprofit working to expand affordable housing.

In fact, the study found workers in no U.S. state, county or metropolitan area can comfortably afford a typical two-bedroom rental while making the local minimum wage.

The report, compiled annually by the NLIHC, used the average rent costs in each state to calculate how much workers would need to earn to comfortably afford a rental home in their area. An "affordable" rent was defined as less than 30% of a worker`s monthly income, which is the generally recommended threshold for housing costs.

In Wisconsin, the study found a worker needs to earn just over $23 hourly to afford a two-bedroom rental. That`s the 35th-highest wage out of the 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico...