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minus-squareKitlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 hours ago$64k is a great salary in my area of PA. I’m not familiar with GA but I imagine it’s the same. To put this into comparison, the average household income in GA is $75k and most households are two earners, so yeah, seems pretty good.
minus-squareTheDoozer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 minutes agoNow do it with average households with college degrees, since that’s a more reasonable comparison.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 hour agoJust because something is average doesn’t mean it’s good. If the average grade of a class is fifty… that doesn’t mean it’s a good grade. It just means a majority of the class is failing.
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·54 minutes agoThat’s… not how averages work.
$64k is a great salary in my area of PA. I’m not familiar with GA but I imagine it’s the same. To put this into comparison, the average household income in GA is $75k and most households are two earners, so yeah, seems pretty good.
Now do it with average households with college degrees, since that’s a more reasonable comparison.
Just because something is average doesn’t mean it’s good.
If the average grade of a class is fifty… that doesn’t mean it’s a good grade. It just means a majority of the class is failing.
That’s… not how averages work.