Five@slrpnk.net to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agoA cool guide to income and class in the United Statesslrpnk.netimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up175arrow-down1imageA cool guide to income and class in the United Statesslrpnk.netFive@slrpnk.net to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSoylentBlake@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·4 months agoThis is misleading at best. If you subtract the largest 1000 earners in America the median income drops to $35,000. That’s all you need to know.
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-24 months ago35k is the old number, i think median for all worker is like 40k. If you narrow it down to full time etc, it is like 55k. Your point is still valid tho, I think these % are based on pre covid info. For example, 100k individual income would put you into top 15% right now. It would have been less pre covid.
This is misleading at best. If you subtract the largest 1000 earners in America the median income drops to $35,000.
That’s all you need to know.
35k is the old number, i think median for all worker is like 40k.
If you narrow it down to full time etc, it is like 55k.
Your point is still valid tho, I think these % are based on pre covid info.
For example, 100k individual income would put you into top 15% right now. It would have been less pre covid.