I’m 30, too old for this
In So Cal I make $20.50/hour. About 37 hours per week. Have benefits luckily, pretty good ones, but the pay is just horrible.
$758.50 per week is $20.50 x 37 (average). Per week. 52 weeks per year so $758.50 x 52 is $39,442.
Then roughly 25 percent is gone thanks to deductions. 25% would be $9,860.5. Then it subtracted comes out to roughly $29,581.5.
State taxes, federal taxes, Medicare, disability, health insurance, measly 401k are just a few of the deductions off the top of my head.
LESS THAN $30,000 FOR WORKING 37 HOURS PER WEEK EVERY WEEK OF THE YEAR
It’s a physical job too, and so cal is not cheap. Inflation has obviously been crazy lately.
I just feel so sick when I see people say things like “I’m only making $60k” etc
I wish people would look more at the take home per year, compared to an hourly wage. As the hourly wage can be deceiving. Seems like $20.50 and 37 hours every week would be much more than less than $30k, but nope
Ugh, I’m just tired. Thanks for reading