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Median income is ~45k pre-tax FWIW
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CNBC: You need to make $68.5k post-tax income to live comfortably in America
jrifkin48
5/31/23 10:01am
I'm assuming these figures are for a single person and not a family with kids
Indy Coug
5/31/23 10:02am
RE: I'm assuming these figures are for a single person and not a family with kids
supertux
5/31/23 10:05am
Yes. I clicked the article specifically to find that.
fbguru
5/31/23 10:05am
CNBC and I have completely different definitions of comfortably.
crack
5/31/23 10:05am
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materialized
5/31/23 10:05am
People don't have kids who want them because both parents have to work
CougarMandias
5/31/23 1:19pm
Well then I am VERY uncomfortable
BYU Tuba
5/31/23 10:06am
right. Lots of people are raising families (4-6) in homes they bought for about
Mayor of Cougartown
5/31/23 4:23pm
Cramer has a message for anyone who disagrees...(2:27 if it's not automatic)
crack
5/31/23 10:08am
Haha, that is amazing!
NumbersGuy
5/31/23 10:17am
Jim Cramer looks like half the dudes arrested on an episode of Cops
jrifkin48
5/31/23 10:25am
This number is the minimum. To avoid any non-emergency debt.
DataMouth
5/31/23 10:11am
That was a question.
DataMouth
5/31/23 10:13am
Most people aren’t saving 20% — these studies are so dumb
2FarGone
5/31/23 10:14am
For a single person w/o kids, that seems pretty reasonable.
OPINIONS
5/31/23 10:19am
Median income is ~45k pre-tax FWIW
vagabonder
5/31/23 11:00am
So $100k salary average. People are in trouble
Nat Gas Man
5/31/23 11:43am
I love the caveat at the end of the video...
moknowssports
5/31/23 12:08pm
I feel that. Not sure I will ever be "comfortable". I feel super blessed that I
TriForce
5/31/23 4:40pm
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