两口子年收入25万美元--Norm or Exception?

Someone below said that it is common for a working family in Silicon Valley to earn $250,000. Some families are making that kind of money, but it is not the norm. Here are the facts:

Median household income (2007)
Santa Clara County: $84,265
California: $59,928
United States: $50,740

The data is from U.S. Census Bureau. If you are making that kind of money, you should feel very lucky. And you are definitely NOT at the bottom of the American society.

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• Yes. 250K is a lot. But not much in real life. -jin_yin_hua- ♀ (301 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 08:27:06

• I suppose the 84000 figure includes all the people -supadupa- ♂ (35 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 08:31:39

• 他给的是中位数，不是平均值。 -忍不住说上两句- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 08:45:27

• 你给的数字包括所有人（包括收银员这类的工作）。有人说25万 -lex2004- ♀ (108 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 10:53:27

• 如果不作说明，当然说的是所有居住在当地区的居民，不然，有意义吗！？ -dajia007- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 11:03:40

• 是goodcitizen没有说明别人说25万普通是什么情况呀。我只是分析一下 -Lex2004- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 11:10:22

• 他是不同意有些人说“硅谷双职工家庭W2应该在25万到30万。” -dajia007- ♂ (101 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 12:06:50

• 那边要给国内的人看。需要河蟹。所以需要整顿。 -dajia007- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 13:27:38

• 俺就是想告诉国内同学不要轻信牛皮，觉得美国人人都是富翁。 -goodcitizen- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 13:31:07

• 去回国论坛看看就知道了，虚假信息太多。 -goodcitizen- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 18:45:31

• 我倒是如果觉得没有说明，说的数字只能代表自己的小圈子（can be biased)。表明出处的才能知道这个这个数字的具体情况。 -Lex2004- ♀ (134 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 11:15:17

• 要么，说平均年收入500万好了，说的是 top 10 大公司的 CEO。 -dajia007- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 11:05:39

• It is the norm in Silicon Valley, at least use to be. -ladyhawk- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 11:56:06

• 我只能说你是闭着眼睛说话。 -衡门之下- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 12:09:44

• 什么叫做norm?赚不到的都不norm?那么大部分的人都不norm? -衡门之下- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 17:51:29

• Norm: average as a set standard of development or achievement us -goodcitizen- ♂ (103 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 18:59:45

• 主要是有些同学生活里的朋友同事都是这样的人 -王剑- ♂ (84 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 12:13:24

• 可能你说得没错。不过难道他们都是瞎子？公司里所有的人都是这种薪水？ -dajia007- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 12:32:12

• I tend to think these people are bragging. -goodcitizen- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 12:46:10

• 我认为这些人不见得是bragging，多数有点ignorant -王剑- ♂ (80 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 14:04:09

• 低薪的人在他们眼里都不算人？ -dajia007- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 12:33:31

• 不算人倒不会，不过会被忽略倒是真的 -王剑- ♂ (34 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 14:02:34

• 其实一般州都在四万左右，穷的三万都有 -炖牛肉- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 12:38:28

• 关键看地界儿，俺不是讲过曼哈顿里送餐的都应该拿8万5 -二忽悠- ♂ (26 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 12:54:43

• Really? What is your source? -goodcitizen- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 13:01:14

• 一般曼哈顿里送餐的都是6天工作，每天11-12小时 -二忽悠- ♂ (157 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 15:28:55

• 那8万5怎么算出来？3500～4000X12=8万5？ -dajia007- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 15:35:10

• 3500～4000是小费，你没有算工资，一看就是没干过劳苦大众的工作 -二忽悠- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 15:41:12

• 对不起，我只会点三年级算术。12x6x52x7.25+4000x12=85000? -dajia007- ♂ (147 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 16:31:20

• 还是没算对。 他们每周工作6天的，每天11-12个小时 -二忽悠- ♂ (351 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 18:25:20

• 俺觉得扣除车耗和汽油钱，也没有那么多 -炖牛肉- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 13:18:08

• 他们都是骑自行车的，曼哈顿里趴车是趴不起的 -二忽悠- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 15:14:19

• 那一天下来不累趴下了 -炖牛肉- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 15:30:57

• 收入不错，但风险也很大。好像还有个国内作家送餐撞死在曼哈顿街头 -二忽悠- ♂ (46 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 15:38:38

• 两口子年收入25万美元--Norm in Chinese with Degrees from both Mainland and -4Justice- ♂ (737 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 18:41:17

• Is this your guess or is it based on some authoritative source? -goodcitizen- ♂ (206 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 19:14:25

• 回复：Is this your guess or is it based on some authoritative sourc -4Justice- ♂ (687 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 19:44:51

• Your statement is NOT a fact. It's a your own, probably incorre -goodcitizen- ♂ (635 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 19:59:31

• 回复：Your statement is NOT a fact. It's a your own, probably inco -4Justice- ♂ (499 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 20:25:13

• % of Chinese Americans working in HiTech industry is not as high -goodcitizen- ♂ (818 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 21:51:21

• You need to separate your personal conclusion from factual data. -goodcitizen- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2009 postreply 11:10:10

• It's pretty common among professional couples in NYC -aneas- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2009 postreply 20:10:24