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

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You can find a link to the illegal alien wage calculator here:

http://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/?p=232




On Aug 10, 7:15 am, "John Reagan" <johnrrea... at earthlink.net> wrote:
> "Phillip Helbig---undress to reply" <hel... at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de> wrote
> in messagenews:j1rvps$bah$1 at online.de...
>
> > In article <_q6dnWdHsvIM79zTnZ2dnUVZ_uCdn... at giganews.com>, "Richard B.
> > Gilbert" <rgilber... 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.