How much Americans make in wages
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How much Americans make in wages
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Re: How much Americans make in wages
#2Dual ~30k incomes is still very much middle class in most of the US.
Re: How much Americans make in wages
#3Perhaps nitpicky, but it bothers me that their data representation is a psuedo-pie chart that isn’t even centered.
Re: How much Americans make in wages
#430k is very low. If your company offers 6 holidays per year, that equals out to $14.71 per hour. That's below minimum wage in New York City right now.
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#5>There is one important caveat to keep in mind when thinking about our dataset. The SSA numbers include any wage earners whatsoever, even part-time workers like students and teenagers.
not leading with this feels like poor reporting
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#6stopped reading at "net". misleading title
Re: How much Americans make in wages
#7Dual ~30k incomes is still very much middle class in most of the US.
Yea but add kids to the mix. You can easily spend 10k-15k in daycare.
Re: How much Americans make in wages
#8Dual ~30k incomes is still very much middle class in most of the US.
Unfortunately most of the population lives in a select few metro areas where, due to the price of rent, greatly reduces the power of 60k in joint income, married or not :(
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#9> 48% of wager earners had net compensation less than or equal to the median wage
I'm surprised. I expected that 50% of wage earners would make less or equal to the median wage. If for no other reason than the definition of median.
Re: How much Americans make in wages
#10>There is one important caveat to keep in mind when thinking about our dataset. The SSA numbers include any wage earners whatsoever, even part-time workers like students and teenagers. not leading with this feels like poor reporting
Students and minors don't make up anywhere near half of the working population, though.