McDonald's advertises crew wages of $13-$16. $14/hr*40hrs/wk*4.33wks/mo = $2425/month. Craigslist lists many small minn. apartments offered for under $1000.

The typical rule of thumb for rent is 30% of gross income, including utilities. That would be $725 per your calculation, less than the many apts on Craigslist and that would assume that the worker doesn’t have to have any family that would also need to fit.