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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by sashank_1509 on Monday November 04, 2024 @11:21AM (#42042995)
I have a good job in the Bay Area, and I spend 4K a month. Of course if I were a family, there is no way I could support a wife in 4K a month but that is rare anyway. If she were working too, I could surely support a child in 6k a month. At this cost my life includes:

1. A Tesla Model 3, on which I spend 1k a month with insurance

2. 1.5k rent for a studio in a good safe location with utilities

3. Rest on groceries, eating out movies etc.

If I decided to get a cheap car, I could easily have 600$ or more to spend on housing etc. So it would be tight but as a single 20s male, I would make it with 50k a year after taxes. Everything else just goes into savings. I think people have lavish tastes, or no control over their spending if they can’t make do with 70k a year after taxes.

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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by ziddoap on Monday November 04, 2024 @11:40AM (#42043253)
>if they can’t make do with 70k a year after taxes

I don't think the median income is after taxes, is it? That would be more reasonable, for sure. My comment was made in reference to friends who make $70k/yr before taxes.

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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by thfuran on Monday November 04, 2024 @11:47AM (#42043355)
No, the bureau of labor household/personal income figures are not reported post-tax.
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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by piltdownman on Monday November 04, 2024 @11:29AM (#42043103)
// 2. 1.5k rent for a studio in a good safe location with utilities

I actually can't think of an EU Capital where that's achievable anymore, bar possibly the socialist outlier of Vienna. In Dublin a good studio is at least 2k, and you'll pay 52% tax on earnings over €70k as well...

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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by sashank_1509 on Monday November 04, 2024 @11:38AM (#42043237)
To be fair, I’m not living in a SF proper, there it would cost around 2.5k but still EU is crazy expensive for the low wages they get paid.
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Re:New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike by geodel on Monday November 04, 2024 @01:20PM (#42044474)
But you have data privacy, social net there. You win some you lose some.
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