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Stock options are not part of the median income. Tuition reimbursement is far less than govt subsidized education and even regular private education cost in the
by plonh 11y ago
Stock options are not part of the median income. Tuition reimbursement is far less than govt subsidized education and even regular private education cost in the past. Higher benefitd mean nothing if they are directly routed to massively inflated prices that offset the benefits for the same value delivered.
- refurb 11y agoStock options are not part of the median income. I agree. What I'm saying is that average income might not have risen, but median income has. To suggest wages in general have stagnated isn't true.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> What I'm saying is that average income might not have risen, but median income has. That's exactly reversed; adjusted for inflation, the average (mean) income has risen, the median has not.
- toomuchtodo 11y ago> To suggest wages in general have stagnated isn't true This is false. http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/09/incomes http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/09/incomes http://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/ http://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/10/09/for-most-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/10/09/for-most-wor... http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/09/17/223374331/the-stagnation-of-the-middle-class-in-1-graph http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/09/17/223374331/the-s... http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/07/31/wages-arent-stagnating-theyre-plummeting/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/07/31/w...
- refurb 11y agoReread my original post. I'm arguing those aren't looking at the complete picture.
- toomuchtodo 11y ago> I'm arguing those aren't looking at the complete picture. Right; I'm arguing that non-monetary compensation in no way has contributed in an amount adequate enough to compensate for the stagnation/backslide of wages. Wages have stagnated, full stop.
- refurb 11y agoI'll guess we just have to agree to disagree... Total compensation, which adds these benefits to wages and salaries, shows that earnings have actually increased more than 45 percent since 1964.[1] [1]http://www.cnbc.com/2014/01/29/-wage-stagnationcommentary.html http://www.cnbc.com/2014/01/29/-wage-stagnationcommentary.ht...