More likely different people are represented in the surveys and general trends a...

santoshalper · 2024-12-10T14:22:09 1733840529

Much more likely is that self-reporting is notoriously unreliable and "paycheck to paycheck" is a state of mind.

astrange · 2024-12-10T19:22:40 1733858560

We're better at doing surveys than that.

If you look in the details of the "paycheck to paycheck" surveys, people reporting they make 200k+ a year also say yes to that, so I think it's just unclear what they think it means.