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32. If he's working both jobs at NYC's minimum wage, he makes $25K

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2014, 12:28 AM

Sep 2014

That's pretty much exactly half the NYC median household income (though that includes two-earner households) of $50K.

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If he's working both jobs at NYC's minimum wage, he makes $25K Recursion Sep 2014 #32