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What's with telling YEARLY salaries? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I think this is mostly a US thing. Why use yearly salary? You're not paid once a year, are you? Most likely once a month. Referencing monthly salary makes much more sense.

"I'm making 50k". Great, now I have to guess - dollars? Monthly? Yearly? If yearly then what's the monthly paycheck? Net? Gross?

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[โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Is 50k per year below average in the US? Is it hard to survive on that amount?

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    To add to the other poster, in the USA we have calculators for these things.

    There is lots of info available, but a short answer is:

    The real median earnings of all workers aged 15 and over with earnings decreased 1.2 percent between 2019 and 2020 from $42,065 to $41,535

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago

    Comparing that to where I live.

    The median is about $37k per year.

    On the other hand. I make around $13k, single household, studio flat close to the city center and I make do just ok. Wouldn't hurt to earn a bit more. But on the other hand I work a bit less than 50%. It's hard to find work though and inflation is making living harder.

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