alphanerd4@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 7 months agoHalf of America Makes Less Than 35klemmy.worldimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1798arrow-down128
arrow-up1770arrow-down1imageHalf of America Makes Less Than 35klemmy.worldalphanerd4@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·7 months agoIf half is making less, the other half is obviously making more.
minus-squareninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoThe 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.
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoCome on, it can’t be half and half. Won’t somebody think about the poor bastards making EXACTLY 35k?
If half is making less, the other half is obviously making more.
Big if true.
Large if factual
Giga if brain
The article found the numbers the OP image was based on.
The $35k was rounded. Less than half make more.
Come on, it can’t be half and half. Won’t somebody think about the poor bastards making EXACTLY 35k?
True dat