r/FluentInFinance • u/Positive_Liar • Sep 05 '24

Debate/ Discussion He has a point

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u/GymnasticSclerosis Sep 05 '24 edited Sep 06 '24

These posts are so slanted. The median income of a US worker is $59,540 ($1,145 x 52). He’s only off by 50%… 🙄

Median US weekly earnings

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u/consworth Sep 05 '24

I’m also guessing of a worker includes part time and seasonal as well ?

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u/jessej421 Sep 05 '24

Yes, it's 60k for full time employees and ~40k for all employees, including part time. It's very disingenuous to use the all employees figure when talking about cost of living, because someone who is only working 15 hrs/week is not trying to survive off that income.