Middle-class jobs fall short: 62% fail to support lifestyle in US

[rcjordan]

Too many people?
Move?
Wait'll the bots get here!

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/10/30/jobs-62-percent-fall-short-middle-class-standard-us/1809629002/?fbclid=

[ergophobe]

It costs an average $32,440 a year to rent a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco, compared with $7,368 in Cedar Rapids.

You'd think I'd stop being surprised by SF housing prices by now.

30 percent of jobs are "hardship jobs," meaning they don't allow a single adult to make ends meet.
32 percent are "living wage" jobs, enough to get by but not to take vacations, save for retirement or live in a moderately priced home.

So roughly 2/3 of Americans are barely getting by (or not). I'd be curious what the numbers are in Denmark or France... or Mexico for that matter

[rcjordan]

Here you go, LM:

Make people valuable again | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/04/make-people-valuable-again/