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It is actually pretty high for an individual earner. According to this (https://dqydj.com/income-percentile-calculator/) which is sourced from the Census Bureau, it's at approximately the top 25% of earners in the US.

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this article is about seattle though. sure there are a lot of places in the US where 50k goes far enough, but I don't think it does there.

also, what is the upwards mobility like in these types of jobs? anecdotally, it seems like managers on construction sites went to college. I imagine it tops out, kind of like software development, until you reach a managerial or director level.

Good points. I have heard that some trades have a hard ceiling, since managers do tend to have college degrees. I don't know much about it, though.

That is skewed by non-workers and part-time workers. Median for a full-time worker is about $45k[1].

[1] https://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.t01.htm

It is skewed by part-time workers, I suppose, although I don't see why they should be excluded, but it explicitly states that it does not take into account non-workers.

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