Gothamist: NYC Has 9th Highest Income in Country

freelancer

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:28:13 -0500

Hey, HR, I make way more than the average NYC income and can support a family on welfare from my writing income. So take your illiterate, ignorant bullshit resentments (toward people who do what they love and aren't owned by anyone) to a red state. And, while you're there, ask for some spelling and grammar lessons.

Thegreatgoogler

Sun, 10 Jul 2005 05:09:00 -0500

For most of us in NYC, at least for the people on this blog, it is probably higher. Just because it's been calculated on a curve, taking in all of the bronx and the rest of the LIH areas, of which places like Stamford have none. So, disregarding that low income weight, we're probably in the top 1-2. I'd like to see a breakdown concentrating on just Manhattan. (And maybe...maybe brooklyn).

T.A.

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 15:02:45 -0500

Further, all the data are right here on the BEA's Web site -- easy as pie! Dig in. http://www.bea.gov/bea/regional/statelocal.htm

T.A.

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 15:01:11 -0500

Jen, the BEA's numbers are the most complete and solid stats in the entire federal playpen (the BEA are the ones who tabulate the GDP and trade balance accounts, the most complex of federal economic statistics, and their numbers are accepted by economists from Wall Street to the groves of academe). Second guesses about "unreported income" are just silly. What's more, any "unreported income" would probably be mathematically insignificant for the purposes of these calculations anyway.

mouse

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 11:36:39 -0500

The number that really matters is not average income, but average income compared to cost of living, don't you think? In that area, New Yorkers are even bigger losers (of income) because cost of living here is so high.

ls

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 11:01:22 -0500

What? NYC's not #1? I gotta move to Stamford

nySea

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:24:52 -0500

Too bad so much more of our extra pay goes toward our extra high rent for our extra small apartments.

HR

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:58:04 -0500

It's probably all those welfare mom's and freelancers screwing up the curve for the rest of us successful people