alphanerd4@lemmy.world to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.world · 2 years agoHalf of America Makes Less Than 35klemmy.worldimagemessage-square183fedilinkarrow-up1686arrow-down126cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1660arrow-down1imageHalf of America Makes Less Than 35klemmy.worldalphanerd4@lemmy.world to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square183fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareblusterydayve26@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years 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-down1·2 years 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