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Originally Posted by kane
Yeah, they are bloated for sure. I was reading a few months ago that the average letter carrier/mail carrier makes close to $60K per year. That seems like a lot for what is basically a delivery job.
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Seems a lot because wages, when adjusted for inflation, in many occupations have dropped dramatically. Was a time when one person could work a regular (as in not highly skilled) job and support an entire family comfortably.
Household income has remained somewhat steady over time, but that's often due to two people, often working multiple jobs. Many government statistics mask the wage drop by using "household" income instead of "individual" income, which itself, can be misleading, since many individuals work more than one job these days unlike 30+ years ago.