laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 day agoThe used car market todaylemmy.worldimagemessage-square163linkfedilinkarrow-up1715arrow-down111
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minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoAnd yet it’s still 2 months of median income in the US.
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·22 hours agoWhich should be well withing an emergency fund for when, for instance, your car breaks down.
minus-squarekkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-236 minutes agoThe median income for an individual in the US is $3761 $4280/month.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoThat’s far higher than the $35,500/yr I found in census info, where did you get that number?
minus-squarekkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·36 minutes agohttps://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2025/demo/p60-286.pdf I actually trusted the LLM overview, which was a mistake; the median is $4280.83/month, a bit higher than I originally said.
minus-squareBlaestEgnen@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoMost people are digitally paid, so they can’t avoid taxes
And yet it’s still 2 months of median income in the US.
Which should be well withing an emergency fund for when, for instance, your car breaks down.
The median income for an individual in the US is
$3761$4280/month.That’s far higher than the $35,500/yr I found in census info, where did you get that number?
https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2025/demo/p60-286.pdf
I actually trusted the LLM overview, which was a mistake; the median is $4280.83/month, a bit higher than I originally said.
Most people are digitally paid, so they can’t avoid taxes