Living on $46k in America

CNN's personal finance page is running a series on common folk in the U.S. living on $46k per year which happens to be the median income in our country. Please note this is for a household, not just an individual. This week they are focusing on Matt & Ginger Ogle who are a school teacher and assistant speech coach respectively. But, there are five couples in total with occupations ranging from claims adjusters to pianists. The articles break down their expenditures into categories and it is actually fairly interested because the site did a good job of picking people with varied backgrounds and varied geographies. Click the link above to read up more.