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> That's both the mother AND father working to bring home $59,039 on the average (before taxes and other costs). This isn't accurate. That's everyone in the ho
by lukeschlather 7y ago
> That's both the mother AND father working to bring home $59,039 on the average (before taxes and other costs).
This isn't accurate. That's everyone in the household collectively working to bring home 59,039 on average. 27% of "households" are individuals. 34% of households are couples (that is to say, two people with no dependents. If they're mothers or fathers, they're empty nesters.) So only about a third of households have more than two people (presumably parents + children.)
Not sure what the median income for households with two working parents + children is.
- dragontamer 7y agoFair point. The main thing I wanted to point out was that 59k / year "households" are typically more than one person. Maybe 2 or 3 people (if you have 2-working roommates in your house, that's 3-incomes in a single household). IIRC, the 59k / year per house is roughly 2-working people per house (2x income streams per housing unit).