• SoylentBlake@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    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.

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      4 months ago

      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.