return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoDream On: The American Dream now costs $4.4 million over a lifetimewww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down110cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
arrow-up1170arrow-down1external-linkDream On: The American Dream now costs $4.4 million over a lifetimewww.usatoday.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
minus-squarefern@lemmy.autism.placelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThat’s for a household with dual incomes.
minus-squareCopernican@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months 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-squarefern@lemmy.autism.placelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months 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.