Criticism and Controversy
Bloomberg reported that the Social Security Administration made a $32.3 billion mistake when reporting 2009 US wage statistics. The error when corrected, further reduces the average 2009 US wage to $39,055. In 2009 the average US wage was reported as $39,269.
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