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CHART: Time taken for the average US worker to earn one BTC tops 12 months

It costs more than one full-time year’s worth of labor for a US employee to buy one BTC, a work cost unprecedented prior to 2024.

Aaron WiseProtos · October 1, 2026 · 2d ago

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  • Protos says buying one BTC now takes over a year of full-time work for the average US private sector employee, pre-tax and pre-expenses.
  • The chart, built from BLS wage data and CoinMarketCap prices, shows a July 2025 peak of 394 working days at an average $115,101.
  • Listed milestones range from under one second in October 2009 to 3,100 hours in October 2025 and 2,127 hours in September 2026.

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