Where you live may not only impact gross income, but also how much of those earnings become take home pay. To find out in which states earners take home more and less on an after-tax basis, SmartAsset looked at the take home pay for people earning $100,000 in the largest city in each and every …Read more
The U.S. population is always in flux from people moving to new destinations. According to a study of U.S. Census Bureau data, each year: 2 percent of people in the U.S. move to a different county 3 percent relocate to a different state Those in college and career bound move more often Millennials move almost …Read more
For most people, what they majored in at college impacts their earning capacity — lifelong. No doubt college graduates typically (but not always) make more than non-degreed individuals. The median annual wage among jobs that require a college degree earn $65,000 compared to $37,690 across all jobs. As usual I invoke the TINSTAANREM axiom — …Read more
Jobs are everything to the economy. Period. Job growth, however, is not uniform across the country. As usual, I invoke the TINSTAANREM axiom — There Is No Such Thing As A National Real Estate Market. Nor is job growth the same nationwide. But where job growth is strong, so is the demand for real estate. …Read more
While the U.S. added just 157,000 net new jobs in July 2018 (preliminary), year-to-date the country created 1.503 million new jobs compared to 1.291 million a year ago for the same period – a gain of 16.4 percent. The total gain in the prior 12-months of 2.40 million represented a 1.64 percent annual job growth …Read more
Where a person lives impacts not only their potential income (for most people) but also the cost of living. Some states are cheaper and others more expensive. How much income does a single person need to live in each of the states? To answer this, CNBC utilized MIT’s Living Wage Calculator. This Calculator assumes there …Read more
As we approach the midterm elections the debate goes on regarding what benefits and entitlements are appropriate and who should pay for them. In 2015 (the latest data available) the top 1 percent of earners paid 39.04 percent of all federal income taxes but had just 20.7 percent of total income according to the Tax …Read more
Jobs are everything to the economy. Period. Job growth, however, is not uniform across the country. As usual, I invoke the TINSTAANREM axiom — There Is No Such Thing As A National Real Estate Market. Nor is job growth the same nationwide. But where job growth is strong, so is the demand for real estate. …Read more
Cheap energy prices and lifestyle are once again leading to a move back to ‘burbs’ in America. Front and back yards are back in style for some, along with landscaping, vegetable gardens and trees. There are tens-of-thousands of Millennials in hot pursuit. As a result, demand is robust in many of the U.S. suburban housing …Read more
Jobs are everything to an economy. Period. Job growth, however, is not systemic across the country by state. Variability in state job growth is akin to the movie The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. Some states are excelling, others just average, and a few ugly. As usual, I invoke the TINSTAANREM axiom — There …Read more