laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agoThe used car market todaylemmy.worldimagemessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up1820
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minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAnd yet it’s still 2 months of median income in the US.
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoWhich should be well withing an emergency fund for when, for instance, your car breaks down.
minus-squarekkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 day agoThe median income for an individual in the US is $3761 $4280/month.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days 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-up3·1 day 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-up1·2 days 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