[MrPots]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Here's some more data on average earnings from the BLS.

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.nr0.htm

The more I look at this the more I think the $853 is total weekly wages not monthly take home pay.

That's what I get out of it too. You can knock off about 30% for take home. (then there's probably another 10 - 12% in taxes grabbed after that.