living wage

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

living wage
    n 1: a wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist
         comfortably

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

living wage \liv"ing wage"\
   A wage or salary that permits a worker to live at least with
   minimal customary amenities, and above conditions of poverty.
   [PJC]