alphanerd4@lemmy.worldM to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.world · 8 months agoHalf of America Makes Less Than 35klemmy.worldimagemessage-square188fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down139cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.17Karrow-down1imageHalf of America Makes Less Than 35klemmy.worldalphanerd4@lemmy.worldM to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square188fedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
minus-squareblusterydayve26@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agoIf the median household income is 75k, assuming dual-income, then that’s probably where the 35k comes from: 75k/2 = 37.5k.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoBut there are significant amount of households who just have one person making 75K instead so per worker, it’s actually 59K according to the data https://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.t02.htm
If the median household income is 75k, assuming dual-income, then that’s probably where the 35k comes from: 75k/2 = 37.5k.
But there are significant amount of households who just have one person making 75K instead
so per worker, it’s actually 59K according to the data
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.t02.htm