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Living expenses make up the majority of most people's living expenses, and this person owns the house they live in, which means it's possible their expenses are
by enraged_camel 10y ago
Living expenses make up the majority of most people's living expenses, and this person owns the house they live in, which means it's possible their expenses aren't that high to begin with. They imply as much in their post. So it's possible their salary is like $70-75k.
The median salary in the US is $52k.
In light of that, I, too, would call his salary "decently high".
- jonathansizz 10y ago$52,000 is the median household income, not median salary.
- mcbits 10y agoFor reference, "median net compensation" appears to be just shy of $30,000 (if it's safe to extrapolate from 2014). https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/central.html https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/central.html
- leksak 10y ago> Living expenses make up the majority of most people's living expenses True, true.
- superuser2 10y ago> owns It is customary to say you "own" a home you're paying a mortgage on, whether or not you have meaningful equity in it yet.