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Not sure where you're getting that $43k number. The most up to date number is $65,052[0]. "Median weekly earnings of the nation's 120.9 million full-time wage
by strictnein 3mo ago
Not sure where you're getting that $43k number. The most up to date number is $65,052[0].
"Median weekly earnings of the nation's 120.9 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,251 in the second quarter of 2026"
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf
- AlotOfReading 3mo agoTaken directly from ssa.gov: https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/central.html https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/central.html I suspect the difference is that "full-time wage and salary workers" is a much smaller group than "all workers". I admit that I used the word salary in the original post though.