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Are you trying to ask how many hours of work it takes to buy a reasonable meal at a restaurant? Minimum wage in Florida is $15. You can buy something that would make a day's food or one cheap meal (without a drink) at a cheap restaurant for that one hour of work, but of course we pay taxes so the net in the paycheck doesn't equal $15. Also you can't just exclude housing like that. Nobody can use groceries if they aren't housed.
At $15/hour and 25% going to taxes, gross about $2,000/month. Net about $1500 Average rent here 2,500 so with one roommate, rent is still taking most of that.
25% taxes seems high. Everything I can find online suggests that it would be about half that for someone earning $15/hour.
Social security is regressive so the floor is around 8% before FWT but you are probably right, I am coming up with 16%. Still - I don't think it's enough after fixed costs to go out to eat, unless you can get 4 wage earners in your household (which is not impossible, I did, and some of my kids did as well)