“Since pre-pandemic, the income needed to afford rent has increased by 31.5%,” Zillow’s chief economist, Skylar Olsen, wrote yesterday.
  • @Got_BentEnglish
    5•7 months ago

    Somewhat related: last week I saw my old job from 2008 listed online.

    Sixteen years later, and the compensation for that job is ten percent LESS today than what I made in 2008.