Throughout the U.S., workers earn a median annual wage of about $48,080, according to the latest available data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
But in the three states where workers earn the least, the median annual wage sits below $40,000 a year. And notably, all but two of the 10 lowest-earning states are in the South.
| Bottom 10 states | |
|---|---|
| Mississippi | $37,500 |
| Arkansas | $39,060 |
| W. Virginia | $39,770 |
| Louisiana | $41,320 |
| Alabama | $41,350 |
| Oklahoma | $41,480 |
| S. Carolina | $42,220 |
| New Mexico | $43,620 |
| S. Dakota | $43,680 |
| Kentucky | $43,730 |
Mississippi has the lowest-earning population in the U.S. with a median annual wage of just $37,500, according to the BLS.
That’s due, in part, to the fact that Mississippi has one of the least-educated populations in the country, with just 1 in 4 adults in the state holding a bachelor’s degree or higher, according to St. Louis Fed data.
More education typically correlates with higher earnings, which helps explain why Massachusetts — the most-educated state, with nearly 47% of its population holding a bachelor’s degree or higher — is also the highest-paid, according to the St. Louis Fed.
In 1960, minimum wage was $1.00 and hour and the cost of the average American home was $11,000.00 That meant that a couple of high school kids could get married on graduation day and be homeowners before they turned 30*.
*Yes, houses were smaller in 1960, but that has more to do with heating/air conditioning and improved building techniques than anything else. And yes, the people in 1960 wouldn’t have had cell phones, but improved tech wasn’t related to the massive inflation.
federal minimum wage is still $7.25 and our minimum tip wage is $5.12 and the minimum cash wage is $2.13
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped#foot1
we need to stop pandering to the two corporate parties and quit blaming the citizens for how shitty things are
Both presidential candidates failed to address this issue either as president or a politician or as a wealthy donor
Biden never supported workers and the crime bills he helped author are still in use with corporations using slave prison labor
why are we still giving the Corporate owned Demopublicans anything support, funds, or votes
how are people not rioting in the streets
and to salt the wound those left behind economically have less resources to be able to travel and be mobile
in the “United” States rights are based on a demographic lottery and the rights you have are dependent on which state you are lucky enough to be in from medical care to how much you will get paid
It looks like you might be trying to construct a worldview in your readers through pure confident assertion of how things are, along with raw emotional appeal and general nihilism, with the aim of depressing the vote in a left-leaning community in an upcoming election. The effect is small, since people can see through it generally speaking, but it’s not 0, and if done with enough volume and consistency this kind of stuff can produce an impact in the aggregate.
I have no idea, but I personally suspect that the development and refinement of these techniques over the last 10-15 years are part of the reason for the rise of authoritarianism worldwide – in simple terms, they form a new and pretty powerful tool in the arsenal of converting money to electoral results, and democracies and democratic systems don’t yet have fully effective countermeasures. Along with the steady decline in journalism, and sustained direct attacks on voting systems themselves, it’s becoming more and more difficult for ordinary people to make sense of what’s going on in the world and vote accordingly and produce outcomes that benefit them.
Anyway, I was wondering if you wanted some help? I can send you some citations to use to strengthen your arguments, since I notice that your message didn’t have anything factual or citation wise.
- Change in wages at the bottom end (10th percentile) since Biden took office, in comparison with inflation
- Change in corporate tax rate and pure dollar values in corporate revenue since Biden took office
- Unemployment rate history since Biden took office
Stuff like that. Since everything you’re saying is objectively true, you’d be happy to explore with me what the numbers are that underlie all that vigorous emotional appeal you’re using to justify the big blinking “PLEASE DON’T VOTE, IT DOESN’T MATTER” sign.
Right?
Great comment. So good to see this propaganda called out.
“Both sides” everyone! /s
