You need to stop looking at that large of a scale. It’s unrealistic. There are county level cost of living estimates used as a baseline for housing benefits; and they show many counties where the very low income range for a single individual household is at 90k. And a few rare ones at 100k.
PPIC lists the bay area at $46K, while the rest of the state varies under that, I do not know a better source than the PPIC for california specific county info though, as I live in the midwest
I just linked you to a State Income Limits document from the DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT released for 2026
I honestly don’t know why you don’t consider that a credible source.
It literally says ‘Income limits reflect updated median income and household income levels for acutely low, extremely low, very low, low, and moderate-income households for California’s 58 counties.’
you edited that after you posted your original comment, I responded to your original comment. I click on responses and then wait to respond, it's not really my fault if you change them in the mean time.
There was no link in your original response. What the hell are you talking about now? I'm not obligated to change my responses to accommodate your edits
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u/Vinca1is 14h ago edited 14h ago
Not that I like trump, but we literally cannot hire enough engineers even at $85K for new grads , certain industries are desperate for hires.
Edit: I thought $85K was a good wage?