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2023-07-28 00:04:48 UTC - HELPFUL
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In 1932, the US Department of Labor estimated that the average annual wage was $928.72 per year ($19,815.44 in current 2023 dollars). The tweet above incorrectly cites a Depression Era income that is 4.5 times higher than reality. Page 2 gives weekly wage of $17.86 in 1932: https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/bls/he_bls_1942.pdf
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