Hard Earned follows five families around the country to find out what it takes to get by on minimum wage as the people of the nation cry out for an increase. The series turns an intimate lens on a group of 21st-century American dreamers. They fight against all odds to thrive, while it takes everything they have to survive.

Hard Earned follows five families around the country to find out what it takes to get by on minimum wage as the people of the nation cry out for an increase. The series turns an intimate lens on a group of 21st-century American dreamers. They fight against all odds to thrive, while it takes everything they have to survive.