Comment on Anon describes past
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoIn 2023 median hourly wage was $19.24/h, vs in 1979 it was $4.44/h or $19.56/h inflation adjusted. (This data doesn’t go back to 1965 unfortunately)
Comment on Anon describes past
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoIn 2023 median hourly wage was $19.24/h, vs in 1979 it was $4.44/h or $19.56/h inflation adjusted. (This data doesn’t go back to 1965 unfortunately)
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
There is a reason median is used here… If you take into account the massive (and constantly growing) income gap, it’s obvious that things have gotten worse for the average American.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
You’ve got it backwards, median takes into account income gap better. Mean would be much higher today because of the increasing income gap. That is why I used the median, so that interesting inequality would be less of a factor.