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Where do you get this number, $2,392 per year? I can tell you that for me, it's way more than that.
by ryanmccullagh 7y ago
Where do you get this number, $2,392 per year? I can tell you that for me, it's way more than that.
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- icebraining 7y agoThe BLS reports an annual expenditure of $7,729/year per "consumer unit", and an average of 2.5 persons per consumer unit, so about $3,100/person/year in 2017. That number is probably a few years old. I do wonder if this accounts for SNAP and other food expenses not directly paid with cash income. https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/consumer-expenditures/2017/home.htm#table1 https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/consumer-expenditures/2017/...
- zizee 7y agoI was quoting from the article linked to by the grandparent. I presume that article provides references?
- ceejayoz 7y ago> I can tell you that for me, it's way more than that. I would suspect the average HN reader tends more towards upper-middle class than the average nationally.