Lack of 'economically-Attractive' Men to Blame for Decline in Marriage Rates
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That threshold is about 38-40k USD as of 2025.
About 40-55 percent of single men in the US meet that threshold.
So - there is probably not a serious shortage of "economically advantageous" men. Where marriage would make perfect sense.
But I don't doubt there is a shortage of "economically attractive men". Women seem to prefer a partner that makes the same or more than them. And the same goes with level of education... oh and they must be tall, oh and ideally a symmetrical face with a happy family ... this pool of men is diminishingly small.