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We are talking about the threshold for being exempt from one of the major victories of the workers rights movement. Thrme bar for such an exemptions should be h
by gizmo686 4y ago
We are talking about the threshold for being exempt from one of the major victories of the workers rights movement. Thrme bar for such an exemptions should be high.
$27/hour comes to about $56,160 a year
According to HUD [0], that qualifies and individual as "very low income" in San Francisco, CA (threshhold $65,250)
For California overall, you would merely be "low income" (threshhold $56,450)
In Houston Texas, that would be "low income" for a family of 2. (Threshhold 56,700)
[0] https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il.html https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il.html
- CPLX 4y agoIt's pretty hard to claim that a number represents "low income" when it's above the national median income. It might not be fun to live on, granted, but if more than 50% of the data points are lower, it's probably not reasonably described as "low".
- bobkazamakis 4y agolol? I find it fascinating you went out of your way to use median. Gotta practice those gymnastics.
- Panzer04 4y agoWhat's wrong with using Median? More than 50% of the population makes less than that.
- funstr 4y agoActually less than 50% of population makes less than that if you consider that some people earn exactly the median.
- CPLX 4y agoMedian is the generally accepted approach to determining the average value in a large data set of income figures, as it takes into account both the distribution of values as well as the gross income number. The mean is merely a restatement of gross income.
- chrismcb 4y agoAccording to the us census bureau the median household income in 2021 was 71k.
- qwytw 4y agoWell that's household income. Many households have more than 1 earner...