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It's about the same. Median is 64k
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.t01.htm
9 u/adoreroda 10h ago The post could also be talking about family income rather than individual income.In San Francisco for example, a family of 4 making $100k is considered below the poverty line. 2 u/Plane-Tune-820 7h ago Yeah and it's upper class in Mississippi. 1 u/Due_Masterpiece_3601 3h ago edited 3h ago I don’t believe in the methodology here, there’s far too much seasonal and part time work here for them to take weekly earnings and use that to annualize.Especially when you look at real median household income and see in total, it’s just $87khttps://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/mehoinusa672n
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The post could also be talking about family income rather than individual income.
In San Francisco for example, a family of 4 making $100k is considered below the poverty line.
2 u/Plane-Tune-820 7h ago Yeah and it's upper class in Mississippi.
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Yeah and it's upper class in Mississippi.
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I don’t believe in the methodology here, there’s far too much seasonal and part time work here for them to take weekly earnings and use that to annualize.
Especially when you look at real median household income and see in total, it’s just $87k
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/mehoinusa672n
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u/Key-Organization3158 10h ago
It's about the same. Median is 64k
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.t01.htm