The Global Living Wage Coalition supports the use of the Anker Methodology for estimating living wages globally. This methodology, developed by renowned living wage experts Richard Anker and Martha Anker uses a combination of primary and secondary data to create highly accurate, robust living wage estimates that are transparent, internationally
The median after-tax salary is $270, which is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months. Ranked 6553rd (TOP 71%) in the list of best places to live in the world and 10th best city to live in Indonesia. With an estimated population of 2.11M, Medan is the 8th largest city in Indonesia. The Indonesian economy was largely agricultural in 1960, with about 75% of the labor force engaged in agriculture and 85% living in rural areas (UNICEF and Government of Indonesia 1988; Walton 1985). This was a period marked by severe economic strain, hyperinflation, and infant mortality rates of about 150 per 1,000 births ( Hugo et al. 1987 ). I6JP.