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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe median income for an individual in the US was just over $28k in 2013.
Two decades ago, it was about 15k. Adjusted for inflation, $15k in 1993 is almost equivalent to $28k in 2013. That means that wages have barely risen (if at all) over the past two decades.
http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/netcomp.cgi?year=1993
http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/netcomp.cgi?year=2013
http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
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The median income for an individual in the US was just over $28k in 2013. (Original Post)
YoungDemCA
Nov 2014
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yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)1. I thought it was 53 thousand.
I have seen that figure thrown around a lot.
53 thousand is one years tuition at private college or a uppeer mid priced car .....the rich get rich and we get shit .
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)4. That's median household income, not individual (n/t)
Rex
(65,616 posts)2. But but but...I heard a congresscritter say it was 200k!
Good luck, seems nobody wants to address that issue in D.C.
