Amid reports that the economy is adding jobs (even as unemployment in Illinois is still 9 percent), it’s nice to see the New York Times probe whether many of these jobs are providing enough income to live on.

In “Many Low-Wage Jobs Seen as Failing to Meet Basic Needs,” they conclude, “But many of the jobs being added in retail, hospitality and home health care, to name a few categories, are unlikely to pay enough for workers to cover the cost of fundamentals like housing, utilities, food, health care, transportation and, in the case of working parents, child care.” It’s a perspective that isn’t offered enough.