 One of the states where it's a challenge for minimum wage workers to earn enough for a two-bedroom apartment. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition report, Maryland ranks ninth among all states and D.C. with the highest housing wage. What the report calculates as the hourly pay needed to afford a two-bedroom rental each month. In Maryland, it's $36.70. That's behind D.C. where $39.33 an hour is necessary.