If we team up we could afford a fleet of bulldozers. Just sayin.
Half of America Makes Less Than 35k
Submitted 5 weeks ago by alphanerd4@lemmy.world to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
Bruh there is enough of us we could topple buildings without bulldozers. We just can’t agree on anything in a meaningful way.
EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
But … Killdozers :(
reddig33@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Half of America makes more than that now. Though not by much.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It’s tough because the snopes article moves between individual and household income amounts–which are two very different things. Kinda wish articles were written more clearly, and provided contextual data regarding how many households have multiple earners.
DancingBear@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
Yes. If you add up mine and all five of my roommates in our one bedroom apartment we make more than 35k lol
Grilipper54@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
This has been driving me crazy. I try to compare the median income in the twin cities and it always provides the median household income. Why is it so difficult to find indivual median income for regions.
Eheran@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
If half is making less, the other half is obviously making more.
ninja@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The article found the numbers the OP image was based on.
For 2019, according to the SSA, the median net compensation for American workers was indeed less than $35,000 — it was $34,248.45, to be precise
The $35k was rounded. Less than half make more.
bitchkat@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
My first job out of college paid $28k/year. Of course that was in the mid 80s. Almost 40 years later, half the country is making less than $7k more than that.
dditty@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
My first teaching job out of college paid $32K/yr and that was in one of the best states for teacher salaries in the country, and this was in 2015
Filthmontane@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Because there’s not enough unions
BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I know a few people in the 100k range. Only a couple have kids. I think that is more than that. It’s never stopped people in the past. I think a combination of education and poverty may be part of this.
cumskin_genocide@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Have you tried voting
FJT@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Nothing is stopping any of them from applying themselves and bettering their employment except their laziness and stupidity.
TronnaRaps@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
This guy is shitty, but I don’t disagree with the lazy comment. Alot of problems can be solved by not being lazy.
FJT@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
And illegal immigrants get that for free! Thanks tax payers!
deania@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Illegal immigrants deserve more then 35k. Those people are getting away from the worst places imaginable with nothing to their names
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Major life experiences have been stolen from a large % of the population, all to make a handful of people richer. It’s tragic.
some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
On the bright-ish side, there’s an even more tragic fate waiting for those handful of people in the coming years…
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
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dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
Which is?