• CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Agree they list the rule - but like a mean vs median thing, are crazy cities like NYC or LA skewing the average?

    We make about half the bottom-right picture, but I AM at about the 50/30/20 balance. Yes, worthless anecdote, but still makes $240k seem a tad high for a median.

    I’ll have to take a look at my spending and see where my splits really are. To the spreadsheet!

    • tory@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      It does seem to feature estimates regarding the average rather than median, so you’re right. Higher CoL areas would drive that way up.

      Plus, upon further review, I realized the study only involved the top 100 most populated cities. That would for sure skew the number upward as well.