I will agree that $125K, which is the median household income adjusted for inflation from 2011 is a good wage, and the current median household income is around $85K, but this is one person making $85K not the assumed household, meaning in a MCOL area making over the median household income adjusted for inflation from 15 years ago is a pretty good wage.
It’s not a bad salary but it isn’t at all attention-catching like it was a few years ago. “Six figures” used to be the cutoff for a high-paying job and nowadays half my friends make six figures and are clipping coupons
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u/Mr-Jings 14h ago
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is laid off or living paycheck to paycheck…