Americans who make less than $100k per year, why?

Most full-time employees in America make about 60-70k or less.

i dropped out in my freshman year of high school. i guess i wasn’t parented very well. i got a scholarship for performing well on the GED, i could have done something, but i pissed that away

I'm a teacher. No chance I ever make that much money.

i don't even make $50k

>>212865903 (OP)
i don't have a job that pays me $100k per year

>>212865999
Most Americans are also not young white tech-savvy college educated men, which are the majority of american flags on here

an american who makes $50k has a better life than an average europoor surgeon because of taxes, cost of living, and muh egalitarianism (which means shit salaries despite the profession).

>>212866030
Teachers in the LCOL shithole that I grew up in made that much in their 40s, 50s, and 60s.

Any tradies?

>>212866178
Completely incorrect. Average American making 100k has a worse life than the lazy western euro countries that make 25k a year (looking at you Spain and Italy). There's no balance with life in US, safety is laughably low, home ownership is low, and healthcare lol.

>>212866287
no anon those are in the 20-30k range

>>212866030
Do you hate black kids

>>212866178
lmao
t. american

>>212866053
>tech-savvy college educated men
that doesn't mean shit in 2020+5

>>212866426
TRVKE

>>212866053
Euros on this website really are a bunch of high school kids who think they wouldn't also be complete losers in the US, the country where networking and social skills determine your salary.

>>212866385
having lived on both sides of the ocean for quite a while, i can tell you the objective purchasing power, not personal preferences. if i were a europoor given the choice to immigrate to the us, i can see why i might still stay in europe even though strictly financially speaking it would be a dumb decision.
>>212866411
glad you're in norway because when i was there, salaries were public information (not sure about now) and after accounting for taxes and cost of living, the salary of a 62-year-old highly experienced norwegian offshore logging engineer in the north sea working for conocophillips was the equivalent of a fresh graduate local trainee in saudi arabia chilling in the office. note that our salaries are relatively modest compared to the us, and locals don’t get rich from their salary here.

>>212866731
>the country where networking and social skills determine your salary.
Basically this. If you fail the vibe check in general then you're fucked.

>>212866749
>the salary of a 62-year-old
total annual income* to be exact. that's what was on public record.

>>212866731
>country where networking and social skills determine your salary.
This is true even if you want to be a garbage man for the state here in IL lmao

>>212866749
I'm American, don't care mister huehuehue. I know my country.
>financially speaking it would be a dumb decision.
On a balance sheet, yeah. Lifestyle quality no.

>>212866410
What? No.

>>212865903 (OP)
I make 75k:(
Moved here from Argentina in 2015:) So my excuse is I'm a first gen immigrant. I've infinitely more potential but I value my work-life balance; I work 37.5 hours and get paid for 40.

>>212867329
first gen immigrants get fast tracked, though.

>>212865903 (OP)
I'm not a STEM or business major so I fall in >>212865999 category. Which I'm okay with considering I used to be a NEET.

>>212867529
No one's given me anything here. paid for school out of pocket and got a job. shrimple as

>>212867611
they don't tell you that they're giving you anything because it opens a legal can of worms. they all have quotas. I've been watching overqualified Americans being overlooked for the past 18 years when I got my first job.

>>212867683
I work for a medium sized company and I run the HR department unironically; there's no quotas

>>212867724
think about that for a second, why would a country need to import people for an incredibly popular and high demand position. immigration is supposed to fill in the cracks left behind by a progressing culture.

>>212867724
>medium sized company and I run the HR
Top kek. Is that not a bit strange to you that a medium sized company would hire the department that the majority of people, even dumb women are qualified for? Not a bit odd that your job is 90% make work and dominated by women (who are essentially subsidized in the white collar world, they rarely are net positive). Not a bit curious that the job you're working is one of the most sensitive roles regarding culture and communication and they hire a foreigner. You're not incredibly bright I think sir, still congrats on easy street.

>>212867859
idk I got to stay because I got married (still married, going on 7 years)
>import people for an incredibly popular and high demand position
all i know is that americans don't want to work trades. and when they do, they've the WORST possible work ethic compared to migrants
our shop has a ton of ukranians now and their output and attitude is miles ahead of amerilards

>>212868008
>Not a bit curious that the job you're working is one of the most sensitive roles regarding culture and communication and they hire a foreigner.
The business I work for is minority ran hailing from an Asian country. The workforce was (before i started hiring aggressively) primarily asian. But yes, they hired me for my ethnicity.

>>212868019
a country with proper vetting would weed out ungrateful bastards like yourself, yet another example of unfair government practices. that is if you're even legal, based on your place of origin that is not at all certain.

>>212868186
I pay more taxes than you. I contribute more OUR country than you. Stay poor, stay seething, hwite boy.

they're too proud to get a job at buc-ees like the smart kids

>>212868235
so I was right, you had no choice but to get married or you'd be posting from a metal shack right now.

>>212868350
yes i paid for school out of pocket because I was poor before coming here
jfc white boys are floundering

>>212866385
Safety is the only true part here because of all the nonwhites. If you are making $100k+ you can afford a house in most places except the big cities filled with libtards and thirdies. Healthcare is common with those jobs too. ICE will fix things

>>212866731
I mean if they are White it would mean easy path to go through schooling and get a good job if they want to pursue that path. I had no connections like that, just did well in school and make good money and benefits now.