[Info-vax] Apparently none of you are desperate enough to work for $25K/yr

[John Reagan]

"Phillip Helbig---undress to reply" <helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de> wrote 
in message news:j1rvps$bah$1 at online.de...
> In article <_q6dnWdHsvIM79zTnZ2dnUVZ_uCdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B.
> Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>
>> $25K/yr?????  Can ANYONE, in the U.S., afford to work for such a meager
>> salary?  I retired eight years ago and, at that time, the salary range
>> for a VMS System Manager ranged from $50K to $70K!
>
> I suspect that $25K/yr is pretty close to the average US salary---not
> total salaries divided by total number of people but total salaries of
> full-time workers divided by the number of full-time workers.  Of
> course, the average salary for a VMS system manager is higher.  Many
> people do live on $25K per year.
>

Besides the link from Arne, here's a few more data points.  $25K is close to 
the poverty line for a family of 4.

http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/11poverty.shtml



and

National Averages
  a.. The average worker in the United States earns an average hourly wage 
of $20.90, reports the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2010-2011 
occupational handbook. This rings up to an average annual salary of $43,460.

Regional Salary Averages
  a.. In the Northeast, the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 report on U.S. poverty 
and income notes that the average annual salary is $53,073. Meanwhile, the 
Midwest rang in at $48,877, the South at $45,615 and the West at $53,833.