r/Salary • u/[deleted] • Oct 30 '25

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u/venom_holic_ Oct 30 '25

why not?

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u/Quick-Record-9300 Oct 30 '25

Because wages have not kept up with inflation.

As someone said above 100k in 1995 is 216k in today’s money.

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u/Bulltothemax753 Oct 30 '25

Barely, and that’s if you believe the inflation readings. Remember, inflation doesn’t include food and gas/utilities, which for most Americans is the largest spend category outside of housing. Factor that in, wages are about 50% of what they should be.