• saigot@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    I think you are looking at individual income where household is more appropriate. The median after tax household income is 68k. So that’s still 50% doing worse, but it’s a little better than you make out.

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      11 months ago

      Sorry how is 68k annually per household better than 70k per person? Your figures make the situations worse.

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        11 months ago

        70k per household is the top 50% of renters not the top 30 like you say.

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          11 months ago

          Yes but out of a household of 4, you’d theoretically have two people earning $70k annually if per person right? So your stats half the household incomes but only drop the population by 15% give or take. Thats far more bleak.