yeehaw@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 month agoNearly one-quarter of Canadians work in the gig economy: pollwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up129
arrow-up129external-linkNearly one-quarter of Canadians work in the gig economy: pollwww.cbc.cayeehaw@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 month agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month ago About a third of gig workers surveyed said they need the work, despite 44 per cent making more than $100,000 per year. 100k doesn’t go that far anymore…
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month ago$100k used to be ‘you made it’ money. Now it’s what $60k a year used to be in the 90s
minus-squarekandoh@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoMaybe not if you have kids and dependents. But that’s twice what I make and I’m extremely comfortable and want for nothing.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoDepends where you live too. I’ve got depends and I barely manage to save for retirement and I’m making quite a bit more than 100k. And I wouldn’t say I live lavishly either.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoSure does. You also tend to make slightly more $ for higher cost of living areas, so it’s all kinda relative
100k doesn’t go that far anymore…
$100k used to be ‘you made it’ money. Now it’s what $60k a year used to be in the 90s
Exactly
Maybe not if you have kids and dependents. But that’s twice what I make and I’m extremely comfortable and want for nothing.
Depends where you live too. I’ve got depends and I barely manage to save for retirement and I’m making quite a bit more than 100k. And I wouldn’t say I live lavishly either.
Depends where you live in Canada.
Sure does. You also tend to make slightly more $ for higher cost of living areas, so it’s all kinda relative