@vib the US is second only to Luxembourg (which I dont really count) in median personal disposable income.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/median-income-eeg?tab=table
@valleyforge@qoto.org yeah? and how much does rent and overall living in the US cost?
@vib disposable income means after all expenses
@valleyforge @vib
definition of disposable income from the OECD, consistent with Canberra Group standard used in the chart you link: https://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=3020
I had trouble finding a definition of "inter-household cash transfers," which may encompass more than it sounds like, but I don't think it includes income used on consumables or durables and things like health care costs.
also that data is 10 years old
also, medians don't tell even a large part of the story: there are percentiles below and above that halfway point that encompass most people.
