2024-06-13 06:18:19
For 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau reports that the median income for all workers over 15 years old, including part time workers, is $41,535. The median salary for full time workers is $61,417 for men and $50,982 for women. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(8-1-20) Author
2024-06-13 06:48:14
NNN, this is about mean, not median. Use the comments to argue about if the mean is a useful way of measuring this. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(8-0-3) Author
2024-06-13 10:48:54
NNN the note provided with wikipedia also adds a graph with median values below 40k before taxes, giving contradictory information based on which parameters you exclude. On top of that, this meme talks about mean, not median, in a satirical form, showing the disparities in income NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(8-0-4) Author
2024-06-13 17:41:20
The math is wrong. In order for the top 10 households to shift US average household income by $9500, they would need to have a combined income of over 1 trillion dollars per year. In addition, it confuses median household income ($74,500) with average income ($59,430) [Link][Link] CURRENTLY_RATED_HELPFUL(11-0-4) Author
2024-06-13 17:45:41
In order for this to be true, the top 10 Americans would need to earn an average of 152 Billion per year. This exceeds the total net worth of people in that group and is a completely implausible number. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(19-0-4) Author
2024-06-14 21:29:23
These numbers are entirely made up and are incorrect. US median income can be found here: [Link] Mean income stats can be found here, the mean income is often not a very useful measure. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-0-0) Author