[Fnoord]

100k USD per year for a family is poverty in the USA? I had to look that up [1].

> Real wages averaged $67,521 in 2022, and average household incomes averaged to $87,864.

Further down it says:

> In every country, there are levels of the middle class, with low middle-class earners and high middle-class earners. In America, the states all have their own middle-class medians as well. For example, in Alabama, low-middle-class families start at $38,582 while higher middle-class ranges can end at $161,524.

So without knowing where you're from, we don't know.

[1] https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/average-fam...

[lkuty]

I think the median is better than the average because high salaries (outliers) will skew the average upwards. So now I am wondering what is the median salary and how it compares to the average.

[ls612]

Good god reading is hard. He was in poverty or close to it as a teenager after his dad died, not today.

[Fnoord]

Back when your father was a teenager, 100k USD was a small fortune.

[ls612]

He spends 100k today not in 1970.