Poll: Making more or less than the national average?

[Ruiner]

I make a little bit more than that if I am allowed to use my company to back me up. (Hell, it is my money, I can do as I please with it)

On another note, I thought the nationwise household average was about 45k. I am wondering where these figures are coming from.

Household would include both parents while this one is per person? I dunno, just a guess...

[RandomGuy]

yeah it has to be 40k as a household... cuz i work in market research and daym... now that i realize it, (we collect household income)... and daym.. its RARELY over 40k... and those over 40k are over 100k but id say 40k is average. but not per person. cant be...

[civic95]

what sucks is once im hired on as a firefighter i wont even be making that! whats wrong with that picture? we should be make 6 figures! haha

Honestly you should. But on the flipside people would become firefighters for the wrong reason (money), instead of really wanting to help people. Same with police, and teachers. It's still sad the people that risk thier lives for everyone else make just enough to survive.

[ARFNSX]

yeah it has to be 40k as a household... cuz i work in market research and daym... now that i realize it, (we collect household income)... and daym.. its RARELY over 40k... and those over 40k are over 100k but id say 40k is average. but not per person. cant be...

Yes, that has to be. As you can see but our poll, we live in Atlanta a top 10 metropolitan city and I know only a handful of people who are making over 40k a year. Think about if you live in Montana, Kansas or other smaller cities your average household median would be about 25k. Don't get me wrong, I know there are tons of millionaires and people making over six figures but this is the national average.

I think that articles numbers are either messed up or mis-information.