• mwguy@infosec.pub
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    1 year ago

    What’s that $100k a year adjusted to inflation compared to in your mind?

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      1 year ago

      $100k per year is the 81st percentile of all US workers for 2022. Inflation in 2023 has been around 4%, so even with that they would still earn more than 8 out of 10 working adults in the US.

      It’s not in my mind, it’s just math.

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        1 year ago

        $100k per year is the equivalent of $57k/yr in 2000. Inflation has gone wild in the last 20 years.

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          1 year ago

          That is an average of 2.5% inflation. It’s really more of an issue of inflated cost of Healthcare and stagnating wages as a result. Of course this is just one contributing factor, bit it is a huge one.