BEA.GOV: Metro Areas by Average Annual Compensation Per Job(2022)

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by TarHeelNick

Correct. But people like to see their city/region rank highly in impressive metrics. That's kind of what general-US C-D is all about no?

Not really,

1. bea.gov doesn't report any data in median, only average or per capita.

2. Median Income data in data.census.gov is limited to $250,000+ in the census, we don't get actual numbers above that amount-in 2023 that's ridiculous.

[mhays25]

Originally Posted by ainsley1999

A few things to consider here:

1: tutoring for kindergarten doesn’t take much high(er) education nor specialized skills-unless the child has learning differences/disability/neurodiverse which isn’t the case here.

2: given it’s for kindergarten kids, I’m positive it’s a side hustle instead of full time. A tutor can have more than one client at once.

3: many cases like this tutors get paid cash, no tax needed to report. The tutor doesn’t need to pay any agency so net in the pocket $80/h. Not bad for practicing alphabet/phonics and sounding words out for enrichment.

4: I shared this more because of the level of pay for tutoring kindergarten, as many more advanced education and complicated learning can so commonly charge up to 3 digits per hour.

That’s all. Not a big deal but thought I’d clarify a bit.

If it's a side gig I sort of get it. Still a college grad (typically?) making the equivalent of $26 per hour.

As for not paying taxes, in addition to not supporting their country, that screws them when social security checks or even unemployment checks are smaller.