Why do humans have the illusion that it is common to have a monthly income of over 10,000 yuan?

Both Liu Jingli, who is doing business outside, and Vivian, who works as a clerk in an office building, give people the illusion that her monthly salary must exceed 10,000 yuan.

The problem reflected in Zhihu is:

"Why do you feel that it is common for China people to earn more than 10,000 yuan a month? Is it blown out, or is it really a monthly salary of over 10,000? "

There is a joke on the Internet:

The reporter interviewed on the train: This passenger, did you buy the train ticket?

Passenger A: Yes! How about this one next to you?

Passenger B: Yes.

The reporter interviewed a dozen people at random and was glad to find that everyone bought a train ticket home.

Did you find the problem?

The speakers are all people who have already bought tickets, and naturally there will be an illusion that everyone has bought train tickets.

Projected on this issue is the group of people who account for 5% of the society's monthly salary 1000+, and hold more than 95% of the society's right to speak. These 5% people frequently make noise and complain, giving everyone an illusion: people with a monthly salary of 1000+ are running around.

Is that really the case?

According to the average wage data of major cities in China, the monthly salary of first-tier cities can reach more than 10,000 yuan, and that of second-tier cities is not less than 6,000 yuan.

Every time the data comes out, the ridicule of netizens comes: Sorry, it's holding me back again.

If we focus on the median salary, it may better reflect the real salary level (median is a concept in statistics, which refers to the middle one in a set of data arranged in order. )

According to statistics, the median wage in major cities in the first half of 2020 can be seen that the median wage in Shenzhen is 5 199 yuan, and that in Shanghai is 6,378 yuan, while the median wage in new first-tier cities does not even exceed 6,000 yuan.

If the scope is wider, the average wage in third-and fourth-tier cities is less than 5,000 yuan.

A monthly income of less than 5,000 is the real social norm.

Little takeaway brother with a monthly income of over 10,000, not so much.

Survivor bias is one of the reasons for this phenomenon.

Take selling little brother as an example. I don't know when it started. "Sending a takeaway with a monthly income of over 10,000 yuan" seems to be a very easy thing.

But what about the facts? An industry insider who runs a takeaway platform site said, "Every month, a takeaway can earn more than 10,000 yuan, but it is really hard and there is almost no rest. I desperately rushed the order and got the bonus. "

The premise of this sentence is: during the peak period, only individual hard-working takeaway brothers at individual sites can get a salary of over 10,000 yuan per month.

A shopkeeper who runs a fried chicken shop once calculated an account:

The single volume in our area is ok, but one or two little brothers approach 1w every month, most of them are around 5k, and running at 7 ~ 8K is not bad.

Although you can earn more than 300 a day when you run well, you can't be full-time every month. Even if many people get on the platform, they will get off because there is no guarantee. The more you run, the greater the risk.

The best little brother once wiped a car and lost 3000 yuan (the take-away cars were basically not up to standard, so they could only be slaughtered if something happened, and there was no time to consume, so they had to be sent late).

Later, I fell into a flower bed and ran away with injuries. When I entered the hospital with a cold and fever in winter, it was more than 1, 000. Often because the vehicle exceeded the standard, it was stopped by the traffic police, so there was no mention of platform deduction. Therefore, it is really rare for a takeaway brother to exceed 10,000 yuan, and because of various conditions, it is uncertain how much he loses every month.

People who work hard to make a living have no time to post.

The network magnifies the elite's right to speak, and hard-working people are too busy making a living to post.

From the perspective of human nature, generally only people with high incomes will show off. If you can't even look at the paycheck, isn't it shameful to take it out?

There are more people who like to brag and exaggerate their income online.

After all, bragging doesn't pay taxes, and no one knows anyone online. It's easy to earn 654.38 million yuan a month and millions a year.

We can always hear stories about showing off our wealth, always starting with "I have a friend and I have a relative".

The question is, are they true friends or hearsay? Is it a so-called friend in your own eyes, or an acquaintance at most?

Nobody knows.

But many people like to immerse themselves in the atmosphere where acquaintances are friends, friends are social circles and social circles are life. So I think I am also a very good person.

All this has created an impetuous atmosphere on the Internet, as if making money is very simple.

It makes you feel that everyone's income level is so high, and you blame yourself for holding back the country.

It is a fact that house prices are soaring, classes are solidified and involuted.

Life as an adult is never easy. Don't worry about some data. Life is not only measured by annual salary, but also an important indicator.

We don't live in other people's mouths and eyes, but in our own orbit.

Hard work is ok, but anxiety is unnecessary.

salary

What determines your salary?

Personal ability+development potential = current salary.

Among them, the proportion of development potential is greater. If you want to find a way to appreciate yourself, the only way is to invest in yourself now. The most affordable and appropriate choice is to study.

1, learning is investment.

Suppose you come to the company, the salary is only 1+ 1=2, and the total value is 2000 yuan. After one year, if you are still at the level of 1+ 1=2, why do you expect the company to give you a raise?

Learned, that's what you have, that's your capital, that's the weight you add value to yourself; Spend time playing games and complaining about life and work. It is better to invest in yourself and never let others set a fixed price for you.

2. When the monthly salary is 3,000, learn to do something with a monthly salary of 8,000.

There is also a core factor that determines the salary: the relationship between supply and demand, that is, the scarcity of the labor you provide in the market. Are others willing to pay a high price for your labor? Is it irreplaceable by others?

What if the boss doesn't give you a raise with a monthly salary of 3 thousand and the strength of 8 thousand? Then jump ship!

3. Low salary is not terrible. The terrible thing is that you have adapted to the low salary.

Perhaps most people in the workplace can't get a satisfactory salary at first, but don't worry, don't be so discouraged, set a ceiling for yourself in stages, and then break through layer by layer, keep this attitude, make continuous progress and break through.