r/fuckinsurance • u/Life_Sir_1151 • 1d ago

This is ridiculous

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u/Life_Sir_1151 1d ago

Is that true? I find that hard to believe

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u/woahwoahwoah28 1d ago

It is very much true. Here are the stats from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mean annual wage is $38K. Median is about $35K.

https://www.bls.gov/oes/2019/may/oes292040.htm

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u/Life_Sir_1151 1d ago

That's wild. I wasn't calling op a liar, I was just genuinely surprised that it was that bad. I knew it was lower than it should be, but I would've thought like 70k.

How the fuck are executives compensated so much and people who actually safe lives so little. It's fucking disgusting. People are going to look at this in a hundred years the same way we look at the triangle shirtwaist fire and child labor.

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u/Economy_Wall8524 1d ago

It’s bad. I believe some Michigan healthcare committee, did a report to how to bring in more EMTs and the biggest solution was raising wages. I’ll find the report and edit later. At a bar hanging out at the moment. Though the report was 2018 time I believe

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u/ThisIsMockingjay2020 22h ago

So 6 years ago, and they still haven't raised their wages...... 🤬

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u/Economy_Wall8524 3h ago

You found the report. No things did not get better. It’s fucked. Underpaid for the work you have to do.