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by JackPoach 1684 days ago
Real wages have been stagnant since 1970s in the US. Median household incomes have only gone up because some people work in highly paid industries, like IT, plus household incomes include income from stocks and real estate AND most households now are two working adults.
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>AND most households now are two working adults.

This is the one aspect I feel like most people gloss over the most. Most people I graduated high school with are dual income households.