Half of America Makes Less Than 35k - eviltoast
  • bitchkat@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    My first job out of college paid $28k/year. Of course that was in the mid 80s. Almost 40 years later, half the country is making less than $7k more than that.

    • ditty@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      My first teaching job out of college paid $32K/yr and that was in one of the best states for teacher salaries in the country, and this was in 2015