• chakan2@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You’re reading that article completely wrong…the numbers you posted are medians for upper income earners. The median US worker does not have 6 years of higher ed. I think only 20-30% even have a bachelor’s.

    The median income in the US is 50k as of 2022. The 90th percentile is 120k-130k.

    Those are disgustingly low for not having universal health or any social safety net like the rest of the industrialized world.

    • LaLiLuLuCo@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      50k is more than most Europeans make with 3-6 years of education… That’s my point.

      It is low, but the take home in Europe is even lower like 25-30k, 60k before taxes with years of education, and you’re still paying €300 each month for public health insurance which takes up 5-10% of your income.

      Some of my coworkers with PHDs and post docs and 5-10 years are only pulling 90k before taxes. An electric bike for example still costs €3-4k, and they have to pay for registration and insurance on it.