laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoThe used car market todaylemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square192linkfedilinkarrow-up1835
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minus-squareblackberry28@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 month agoIn the context of prices of cars it is indeed a rather small amount.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAnd yet it’s still 2 months of median income in the US.
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoWhich should be well withing an emergency fund for when, for instance, your car breaks down.
minus-squarekkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month agoThe median income for an individual in the US is $3761 $4280/month.
minus-squareBlaestEgnen@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoMost people are digitally paid, so they can’t avoid taxes
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThat’s far higher than the $35,500/yr I found in census info, where did you get that number?
minus-squarekkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agohttps://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2025/demo/p60-286.pdf I actually trusted the LLM overview, which was a mistake; the median is $4280.83/month, a bit higher than I originally said.
In the context of prices of cars it is indeed a rather small amount.
And yet it’s still 2 months of median income in the US.
Which should be well withing an emergency fund for when, for instance, your car breaks down.
The median income for an individual in the US is
$3761$4280/month.Most people are digitally paid, so they can’t avoid taxes
That’s far higher than the $35,500/yr I found in census info, where did you get that number?
https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2025/demo/p60-286.pdf
I actually trusted the LLM overview, which was a mistake; the median is $4280.83/month, a bit higher than I originally said.