Except that you dont get to decide whether someone is being exploited at a certain salary or not.  <i>The Market Decides, that is how markets work.</i>  If you want to pay below market, usually the only way is to broaden the labor pool by importing workers.  If that is your goal, then just be honest about it.  Dont say &quot;x wage is good enough.&quot;<p>Since you do bring up salaries though, after taxes, health premiums, co-pays, 75 will get you a shared 1br rent in SF.  If that is good for you, great.  Don&#x27;t say it &quot;should&quot; be good for everyone, it isnt.  We live in a market economy, so everyone needs to play by the rules, not try to justify market manipulations with &quot;well, oh, that should be good for you.&quot;