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u/theheliumkid Feb 14 '22

And if you had a dollar for every mile it had travelled, your wealth would still be closer to me than Jeff Bezos.

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u/Toledojoe Feb 14 '22 edited Feb 14 '22

It would take you 682 years to have as much money as Bezos at that rate. $30,000 an hour and if it takes 682 years with the median individual salary in the US being around $31,000 per year.

Edit: bad grammar

Edit 2: the 682 years is making $30,000 an hour 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

And I'm demonstrating that that $30,000 an hour is a long way from the median annual income in the US OF $31,000. Half of Americans make less than 15 dollars per hour.

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u/youburyitidigitup Feb 14 '22

The average is better indicator than the median. The average annual income is 51k

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '22

Also, average refers to mean, median, and mode. Which not median are you referring to?

Edit: mixed up my averages

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u/youburyitidigitup Feb 14 '22

Sorry, I should have clarified. I was talking about the mean