re: I'm sick of people saying the middle class is worse off than 4 decades ago.

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Household income in total income generated by a home. That includes all patrons. So that 19.30/hr number becomes even more cringe worthy if you are assuming 2 or more person income level.

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Household income has been dropping recently even though wages, while not great, have gone up.

Looking back at my post regarding marriage rates, do you grasp it yet?

Here. I'll help.

If you had 100 people. Each make 1000 a year. There are 50 men and 50 women. They're all married.

What's the household income?

Now, make 25 of them get divorced.

Change nothing else.

Tell me their household income.