She works as a "Campaigner" according to LinkedIn and is 23. What is the median salary for 23 year olds in Manhattan?

EDIT: I googled "median salary" in Manhattan (no age qualifier) and you guessed it...it's $50,000

I'll also add that as a "campaigner" working for someone like change.org, you can expect to make less because lots of people want to work in the these activist roles. It's similar to how game developers are paid less than b2b saas developers.

Always seems a shock to HN when the jobs that everyone wants that don’t require a very technical education tend to be on the low end. Well at least for the campaigner role.

The median salary of $50000 still seems a bit low to me considering how real estate must be pretty expensive in Manhattan. An okay-ish 1-bedroom apartment seems to be around at $2000 a month, which amounts to almost half of your salary (and I haven't really delved into the living costs of that area!)

I can confirm that this is a common salary for someone just out of college, even in NYC yes. She may work in Manhattan but she doesn't need to live there. Many young people have roomies in Brooklyn. It's what you sign up for when you choose to live in NYC.

Depends on working conditions and if they're required to work in high cost area or not.

Working conditions... you mean the sort of things that unions tend to care about?

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.