• Death_Equity@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    To clarify, $74k is the median household income and not salary. Median salary in the US is $37k. Median salary in California, where half of the cities mentioned in the article are, is just shy of $40k.

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      5 months ago

      I am pretty sure those are pre-covid numbers.

      median is now like 45k. still unlivable in most of the country tho.

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        5 months ago

        My numbers were from 2022 census. Estimates put US median at $59k and California at shy of $85k for household.

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          5 months ago

          Estimates put US median at $59k

          Maybe for full time employed adults between ages 25-65