I’ve had multiple injuries at work (and a few from sports) so am unable to do my former labor-type jobs. I’m also over 65 so retraining is out of the question.
Worked minimum wage positions most of my life so have no savings and currently live in a rooming house.
There’s lots of us out here scraping the bottom of the barrel just to survive.
Sounds like you’re vastly outside the norm and your perception may be skewed. You’ll just have to take peoples word that $100k/yr in Manhattan is not “insanely wealthy.”
That really sucks, and I’m genuinely sorry you’ve had to deal with all that. $100K USD can be eaten up very quickly depending on your city’s cost of living though. I’d imagine someone making $100k USD in Manhattan would be barely scraping by as well
I’ve had multiple injuries at work (and a few from sports) so am unable to do my former labor-type jobs. I’m also over 65 so retraining is out of the question.
Worked minimum wage positions most of my life so have no savings and currently live in a rooming house.
There’s lots of us out here scraping the bottom of the barrel just to survive.
11k is like $5.5/h, assuming you’re working full time. It’s well below minimum wage.
As stated in the comment you responded to I am no longer working because of injuries and age.
Are you saying pensions are allowed to go below minimum wage in the U.S.?
I live in Canada.
Sounds like you’re vastly outside the norm and your perception may be skewed. You’ll just have to take peoples word that $100k/yr in Manhattan is not “insanely wealthy.”
Yeah, this is literally an ‘OK Boomer’ moment. Like, how expensive could it really be to live in Manhattan these days?
You also didn’t answer the question. Are you just trolling?
That really sucks, and I’m genuinely sorry you’ve had to deal with all that. $100K USD can be eaten up very quickly depending on your city’s cost of living though. I’d imagine someone making $100k USD in Manhattan would be barely scraping by as well
100K in Manhattan is nothing. My father was a principal earning $150K and still could barely get by in the city.
When apartments run total 40K annually, 100K is just a step above poverty wages.