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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by seeCseas@lemmy.world to c/workreform@lemmy.world

The typical U.S. family earns about $71,000 per year, according to the Census. Yet, the average American believes a family needs at least $85,000 in annual household income to get by, according to a recent Gallup poll.

That finding tracks with a recent study from SmartAsset, a financial technology company, which found the average American worker needs $68,499 in after-tax income to live comfortably. (That works out to around $85,000 in total income, assuming a 20-percent tax hit.)

The two releases point to the same conclusion: Many Americans earn too little in 2023 to attain a decent standard of living in their communities.

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[-] elbowdrop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This probably has nothing to do with so many young people not wanting a family. Nothing to to with the insane amount of mental health emergencies in America. /s

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