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New data from United For ALICE, shared exclusively with Business Insider, reveals how much Americans nationwide need to get by.

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  • A growing share of Americans are struggling to get by despite holding down jobs.
  • They're ALICE: asset-limited, income-constrained, and employed. They can't always afford necessities.
  • ALICE household survival budgets are in the six-figures in some parts of the country.

If you feel you need to make more money than ever just to get by, you're not alone.

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economy, economy, alice, Budget, budgets, survival-budget, government-budget, retirement-budget, Saving, saving-money
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Here's how much you have to make across the country just to get by