I have a bachelor's degree and make less than $50K in the Bay Area which is considered "under a living wage."
My $50K figure states living comfortably meaning entertainment, one vacation a year, etc.
Hmm. Here I thought you'd put "under a living wage" in quotes because you meant to use the term in its technical sense, rather than your own personal interpretation that "living wage" is the same thing as "living comfortably". My bad.
You noted that your yearly income is fully three-fourths as much as the median income for a family of four in San Francisco, and two-thirds as much as necessary for expenses for a family of four in SF, so I would say your wages are indeed "comfortable".
Now right below that pie chart in the source you cited, it says:
a single adult requires at least $29,633
So what is your quibble with the source I quoted? That it's not very pleasant trying to live on a "living wage"? I agree! And yet millions of Americans make
less than a living wage - most of them uneducated service workers.
