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I'm guessing that's before benefits?
1 posted on 12/21/2022 9:57:09 PM PST by blueplum
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Young people appear to think they should become internet billionaires overnight. Delusional, narcissistic.


2 posted on 12/21/2022 9:59:18 PM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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Well of course, they’ve been taught that if owners won’t pay
you $75k per year, they are evil purveyors of and proof CRT
is real.

Talk about a lost generation, at least in part...


3 posted on 12/21/2022 10:02:24 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands)
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Good luck with that! Or Welcome to MacDonalds’. You have no experience, studied Wokeism and sexual habits of the Australian Wombat, and you dress like shitz. BOHICA. Here’s a one person tent to live in while you contemplate paying off your student loan. Loser.


4 posted on 12/21/2022 10:05:03 PM PST by Equine1952
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$25/hour?


5 posted on 12/21/2022 10:11:08 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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If it takes $75,000 a year for a company to fill a position, then the person making that $75k is earning the market rate.


9 posted on 12/21/2022 10:18:58 PM PST by Round Earther
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this is the wage inflation that Powell is willing to sacrifice the entire economy to inhibit.

Last thing on earth to go up and now under complete assault by the Fed.

Can’t make this stuff up.
*If one doubts it, there is plenty of material out there.
I was very skeptical but the material clearly delineates wage inflation is the target. ie recent headline-
“Powell puts US pay hikes at heart of Fed’s 2023 inflation” fight


11 posted on 12/21/2022 10:28:46 PM PST by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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It’s a poll and I doubt it’s has any validity.

“The average personal income in the U.S. is $63,214. The median income in the U.S. is $44,225. The average American annual real wage was $67,521 in 2020. The average U.S. household income is $87,864.”

The median income is $44k. Someone has been taking jobs less than $74k. A lot of someones. There are some high earners who skew the averages up.


12 posted on 12/21/2022 10:31:55 PM PST by DannyTN
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That might sound like a high rate, but with Biden inflation, it is not. At that rate, allowing 25% for all taxes and deductions, my rent, for example, is over 50% of the net income.

Net pay around $4,568 per month

Rent $2,500

Gas and electric, $250

Renter Insurance, $75

Car payment, $400

Auto insurance, $125

Internet, $75

Mobile phone, $50

Health insurance, $250

Auto gas, $250

Food & Misc, $250

Water and sewer, $50

Garbage, $50

That's $4,325

And doesn't include entertainment, clothes, maintenance, and so much more. Yes, round numbers, but it is not pretty and doesn't leave much for savings, rainy-day fund, or retirement.

And now, they want everyone to buy an electric car. Yep, that Tesla will cost around $1,000 a month or more, which is not affordable. What do you give up?

Maybe the car, which saves payment, insurance, maintenance, and fuel? Ride a bike? In the wintery snow?

13 posted on 12/21/2022 10:32:29 PM PST by Reno89519 (DeSantis or Anyone But Trump in 2024. Time for Trump to Retire, Spend Time With His Family.)
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https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4118116/posts


17 posted on 12/21/2022 11:00:56 PM PST by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerorum delenda sunt.)
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On January 2, I’m starting my first real job since I initially started dialysis 14 years ago. I’ll be making $29k-$34.5k not including benefits and before taxes.

You can bet I’m happy just to be a part of the working economy again.


22 posted on 12/22/2022 12:04:13 AM PST by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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Yeah, having a “job” sucks. It might work for the 30 year plan, but there are fewer and fewer 30 year jobs/careers anymore.


23 posted on 12/22/2022 12:12:10 AM PST by glorgau
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Bet their skills are mostly generating hot air...


25 posted on 12/22/2022 12:16:16 AM PST by W. (Another great tagline forgotten from last night. Ain't it the way?)
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Can anyone get to a methodology for the poll?

For some reason a link to the Fed survey won’t download for me.


36 posted on 12/22/2022 3:58:48 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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“74k”

I never made that much for a year in my whole career.


39 posted on 12/22/2022 4:15:04 AM PST by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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Work is beneath them? Not enough Americans are starving yet. That’s all changing, as the WEF agenda continues apace.


42 posted on 12/22/2022 4:18:49 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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What do you expect, when a gallon of milk costs $6?


44 posted on 12/22/2022 4:39:37 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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Helloooooo? Having a lower-wage job, even if you need some assistance, is better than having all your sustenance be from government printy-money.


50 posted on 12/22/2022 5:52:25 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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Enter the $45.00 Big Mac Combo...


53 posted on 12/22/2022 6:08:15 AM PST by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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Well.....some people are just going to have to modify their expectations.


56 posted on 12/22/2022 6:37:45 AM PST by FLT-bird
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This is BS. Their average TWOT is some jerk living in a blue metro.

$74K out most anywhere is riches beyond belief — unless you made the wiser decision and went the talented trade route like plumbing, electrician, etc.


58 posted on 12/22/2022 6:57:02 AM PST by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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