Nothing, however, is as straightforward as it seems in The Beguiled, not even its perversities. Take, for example, the lovely opening sequence in which a little, 12-year-old girl comes upon the body of the soldier in the forest. She is, at first, frozen with fear.
And nearly a quarter of married couples and almost half of unmarried retirees rely on Social Security payments for at least 90% of income. With an average monthly Social Security check of around $1,230 per month, seniors are receiving average annual payments that total just $14,760 a year.
But there's another, useful variable to consider: Age. The households of middle-aged people earn about $20,000 more each year, on average, than households of people in their late 20s and early 30s.And they earn roughly $30,000 more than people age 65 and over (note that this difference includes income from Social Security and retirement).None of this is terribly surprising â income over the life cycle is a curve, and it peaks when people are in their late 40s and early 50s.Still, it's useful to recall that when we talk about average household income for the nation as a whole, we're lumping in lots of disparate households. 24-year-old who makes $27,000 a year is in a much different position than a 45-year-old making the same amount. A few notes on the data: * All numbers represent pre-tax income. * Income earned through work includes both money people earned on their full-time job and freelance income.