Ok, you really need to do math. I guess $10 per hour won't work in reality.
$10 per hour, working for 6 days a week, 8 hours each day gives you $480 per week. THat is roughly $2000 a month, and goes roughly $24000 a year.
http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/article/0,,id=164272,00.html
You need to pay $3200 for Federal tax. Social security tax is, according to the table from SSA website, 6+ % which is $1400. Let's assume state tax is about 1/4 of federal tax(some states don't have state income tax, though), state tax is around $800. YOu have now $18600 in hand. Dividing this by 12, you have $1550 a month. $800 for rent and $150 for utility, $200 for food leaves only $400 in your pocket. I'm assuming your employer provide medical insurance, but if they don't have it, you'll be easily in trouble with $400 remaining money as medical insurance could be easily $300 or more.
$400 seems enough to have after all the expense, but actually not as this scenario is very ideal case. If something unexpected happens, $400 can be gone in a second.
$10 per hour is more like for college students who work at Starbucks.. Not really the income for those who have his/her own household because realistically it cannot keep them in "good" living condition. You need to reevaluate your target salary.
