avg LI cop makes $140k a year?!?!?! - Long Island - New York (NY) - Page 7 - City-Data Forum

ResearchMom · 09-19-2009, 09:59 PM

Yes, and the values fyrisle provided are from 2000. Actually, the median household income for 2007 in Nassau was $89,360, and in Suffolk it was $82,961. Source: US Census Bureau.

ClarkStreetKid · 09-19-2009, 10:13 PM

Good catch! Here's the census site to find this information.
State and County QuickFacts

Mantaray14 · 09-20-2009, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by brassbin

then why should they worry about how average LIers are fairing, i mean who cares people are no longer able to afford to live there, fleeing elsewhere, business too, tax base going down, who cares about all that, as long as i can my pay today...

Crux of the whole argument right here folks...these salaries are part of the bubble and a California style budget crisis is a likely outcome.