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Location: Massachusetts
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| I respectfully call BS on that statement! $30k is decent ANYWHERE! Remember, we are not talking about FAMILY income, we are talking about fresh outs. I live in the DC corridor where salaries are VERY high and can personally tell you $30k is NO where near poverty! If someone cannot get by (I'm talking a single person just graduation college) on $30k, then they aren't the brightest bulb in the socket! Consdider this: The average median household income for a 4-person family in Mass. is $85,420.
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Nice try Skarn. You just can't pick out the data that serves your point of view. What exactly is a "Family of 4"? Most family's are not going to have 4 people earning an income and helping to pay the family bills. What you have obviously failed to understand is the cost of living in different areas ( or perhaps you are aware of it and conveniently neglected to include that in your argument).
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| According to data released by the US Census Bureau, in 2000, the median household income was $46,947 compared to the national average of $42,148. In 2001, the median income for a family of four was $80,247 compared to the national average of $63,278. For the period 1999 to 2001, the average poverty rate was 10.2% which placed it 23rd among the 50 states and the District of Columbia ranked lowest to highest.
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From: http://www.city-data.com/states/Mas...tts-Income.html
A 4 person family is likely a man, a woman, and two children. Not 4 earning individuals.
I'll say it again, a person graduating from college with a starting salary of 30k will find it difficult AT BEST to get by on. Nevermind that your salary may say 30k but after Uncle Sam takes his hands out of your pockets, you are left with substantially less.
Oh, and a starting salary north of 50k is completely realistic. My starting salary for my first job out of college was 52k. |
