return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agoDream On: The American Dream now costs $4.4 million over a lifetimewww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down110cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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minus-squareCopernican@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThere are individual salary stats. And those may align with households as some households only have 1 income. https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/business/hr-payroll/average-salary-us/
minus-squarefernlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAverage salary there is misrepresented, look at median income. That uses the total income of a household, and you can see there that it’s ~70k a year in 2021 per that article. Updated numbers are 76k, for a whole household.
That’s for a household with dual incomes.
There are individual salary stats. And those may align with households as some households only have 1 income. https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/business/hr-payroll/average-salary-us/
Average salary there is misrepresented, look at median income. That uses the total income of a household, and you can see there that it’s ~70k a year in 2021 per that article. Updated numbers are 76k, for a whole household.