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> 40k is "reasonable" depends on how much you earn. That is 20-25% more than US median annual gross income. The median household income is somewhere north of $

> 40k is "reasonable" depends on how much you earn. That is 20-25% more than US median annual gross income. The median household income is somewhere north of $60k. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_Unit...

dragonwriter 5y ago
> The median household income is somewhere north of $60k. The median personal income is about $36K [0], so $40K is about 10% more. The median full-time worker is about $50K. [1] Households frequently have more than one earner. [0] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA672N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA672N [1] https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/demo/tables/industry-occupation/time-series/median-earnings-2019-final.xlsx https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/demo/tables/industr... [XLSX]