Because that doesn't seem to be the case of DCUM.

Dcum is not representative of the real world.

In the DMV? No. In the rest of the country? Yes.

80 K is a good salary.

I am a teacher and I know plenty of people of all ages who make less than 80k here in the DMV.

Oh FFS.

Yes. In fact it is "normal" to make a hell of a lot less than that.

So 31 making 78K? That’s not a lot.
At 31 I was at 115 +65 bonus, that was 15 years ago.
Today I pay someone 100K in fly over country she is younger than you.

This was the same question posed to the Money forum. Why post again?

Anonymous wrote:Because that doesn't seem to be the case of DCUM.

If everyone was after money, who would work at places like schools, NGOs, fire stations ,government and global initiatives?

Add to that, campaigns, presidential administrations, Congressional aides, journalists, nontenured faculty, arts administrators, the list goes on.

The average American makes 80k as a married couple /two income household.

The DC area isn’t the norm

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I know plenty of people of all ages who make less than 80k here in the DMV.

Another teacher here. I also know a lot of people who make less than that. They represent many different professions, too.

I think it’s a DCUM thing. People would benefit from getting out of their bubbles.

Anonymous wrote:Because that doesn't seem to be the case of DCUM.

That's the news from Lake DCUM, where all the women are 10/10, all the men are narcissists, and all the children are above average.

55 and make less than 80k per year

Per job not bad. The kids today are overemployed. They have two to three fully remote jobs at same time.