Per person income?

Some simple questions just don't have simple answers. This is one of them.

 

"What income per person in your family?"

Simple and straight forward.

 

Even my state and the feds define my income differently. Do I give one of those answers, or a different one?

 

Those who don't know how to disable their own auto-correct probably would have more problems if they did than if they didn't....

 

For most ordinary working stiffs and pensioners, yes.

For people with resources beyond wages, pensions, entitlement benefits, etc., it doesn't remain simple or straightforward.

 

The question and answer may be straight forward, but the interpretation of the answer can easily be skewed one way or the other.

Person A: "I make $100,000 a year"
Person B: "Man! You're rolling in the dough!"
Person C: "How on Earth can you survive on that kind of income?!"

 

and there it is. If someone reads that OP question and it takes them more than 2 seconds to have a number in their head, then the question isn't the problem, the reader is the problem....and is very likely someone who creates more drama and heartache for themselves than they need to.

 

Seems simple to me. Read your income tax form.

 

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I make $20,000 a year.
(I also have a million dollars in CDs and that's what I make each year off of interest at about 2% per year).

 

Please seek better investment advice......