6. Fort Worth, Texas
Increase in Cost to Live Comfortably: $15,609.76
Percentage Increase in Cost to Live Comfortably: 29.44 percent
Fort Worth residents saw a $15,000-plus jump to live comfortably in 2018 than they did in 2017, making it one of the six cities in this study that increased at or above that threshold. One of the worst cities to make minimum wage, Fort Worth residents need to make over $68,000 annually to live comfortably.