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>A $200 air purifier

Minimum wage is $7.25 in many states. Over 27 hours of gross income to buy that purifier.

The median income in the U.S. was $31,133 in 2019, putting that air purifier at over 13 hours of gross income.

I've been at my job 15 years, in the rare event that overtime is available a $200 air purifier would cost me approximately the net income of 10 hours of overtime.




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