{"id":1919,"date":"2011-01-12T08:35:05","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T14:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2011-01-09T19:12:49","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T01:12:49","slug":"where-does-your-income-rank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/2011\/01\/where-does-your-income-rank\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Does Your Income Rank?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interested in knowing how your income stacks up against that of your neighbors? Check out the following Slate.com article:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article\">Slate: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2266025\/entry\/2266026\" target=\"_blank\">Why We Can&#8217;t Ignore Income Inequality<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Once there, scroll down about one-third of the way through the page.  You&#8217;ll see a text-box tool labeled <b>&#8220;Where Do I Stand?&#8221;<\/b>; that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re looking for.<\/p>\n<p>Enter your ZIP code and your income in the boxes provided, and you&#8217;ll get to find out just how your income ranks against that of your neighbors, as well as against your state&#8217;s median income.<\/p>\n<p>FWIW, according to this tool, my income is almost double the average income of my particular ZIP code.  I&#8217;m not surprised, as Lisa and I still live in the first home we ever bought.  In that regard, at least, I think that &#8220;living below your means&#8221; really shows up in data like this.  No chasing the Joneses in our household!  <\/p>\n<div class=\"note\">NOTE: There&#8217;s also some pretty neat data to be found at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.incometaxlist.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">IncomeTaxList<\/a> site, from which some of the Slate tool&#8217;s findings are derived.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interested in knowing how your income stacks up against that of your neighbors? Check out the following Slate.com article: Slate: Why We Can&#8217;t Ignore Income Inequality Once there, scroll down about one-third of the way through the page. You&#8217;ll see a text-box tool labeled &#8220;Where Do I Stand?&#8221;; that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re looking for. 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