An average American income isn’t enough for a comfortable living in 2023, according to two recent reports.  The typical U.S. family earns about $71,000 per year, according to the Census. Yet, …

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.

  • GizmoLion@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I don’t have a statistic to provide, but I would be willing to bet 80%+ of American households have some deferred medical issue. Whether it’s getting something checked out, teeth cleaned, affording prescribed meds etc.

    As it is now people die rather than see a doctor because they don’t want to empty the family coffers over what might be nothing.