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The median US salary for an individual is 30k per year (median family income is 50k). So with an Amazon job an essentially unskilled worker can make more than h

by cm2012 6y ago

The median US salary for an individual is 30k per year (median family income is 50k). So with an Amazon job an essentially unskilled worker can make more than half of all other Americans.

missedthecue 6y ago
fwiw, your numbers are correct, but the 30k figure includes part time workers and is therefore skewed to the downside. Among full time workers, the median annual income is about $51k for men and $48k for women, according to data collected by the BLS.
Broken_Hippo 6y ago
So? The average is still not much above the poverty level, and as such, still poor.
- random314 6y ago
  But look at the low median wages. There are already so many poor people in the US, whats 1 million more? /sarcasm
dragonwriter 6y ago
> The median US salary for an individual is 30k per year (median family income is 50k). Median family income is ~86k. [0] Median household income, which is likely what you wanted to cite and is the more common measure, is still much more than 50k, at ~68k. [1] Median personal income is about 36k. [2] Median hourly wage is $20.17. [3] So, no, a $15/hr Amazon worker isn’t making above-median wage and, even if they work 40hr weeks for a full year, isn’t making above-median income. [0] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEFAINUSA646N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEFAINUSA646N (nb: “family” for this purpose is defined basically as a household of two or more related by blood, marriage, and/or adoption.) [1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N [2] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/release/tables?rid=249&eid=259568#snid=259585 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/release/tables?rid=249&eid=25956... [3] https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000 https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000
- thehappypm 6y ago
  So, at Amazon's entry level, you're making 85% of the median personal income, plus benefits. And that's for their lowest paid FT employees, it can only go up from there. Where's the problem exactly?
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by cm2012 6y ago

The median US salary for an individual is 30k per year (median family income is 50k). So with an Amazon job an essentially unskilled worker can make more than half of all other Americans.

missedthecue 6y ago

fwiw, your numbers are correct, but the 30k figure includes part time workers and is therefore skewed to the downside. Among full time workers, the median annual income is about $51k for men and $48k for women, according to data collected by the BLS.

Broken_Hippo 6y ago

So? The average is still not much above the poverty level, and as such, still poor.

random314 6y ago
But look at the low median wages. There are already so many poor people in the US, whats 1 million more? /sarcasm

dragonwriter 6y ago

> The median US salary for an individual is 30k per year (median family income is 50k). Median family income is ~86k. [0] Median household income, which is likely what you wanted to cite and is the more common measure, is still much more than 50k, at ~68k. [1] Median personal income is about 36k. [2] Median hourly wage is $20.17. [3] So, no, a $15/hr Amazon worker isn’t making above-median wage and, even if they work 40hr weeks for a full year, isn’t making above-median income. [0] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEFAINUSA646N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEFAINUSA646N (nb: “family” for this purpose is defined basically as a household of two or more related by blood, marriage, and/or adoption.) [1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N [2] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/release/tables?rid=249&eid=259568#snid=259585 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/release/tables?rid=249&eid=25956... [3] https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000 https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000

thehappypm 6y ago
So, at Amazon's entry level, you're making 85% of the median personal income, plus benefits. And that's for their lowest paid FT employees, it can only go up from there. Where's the problem exactly?

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