78% of US workers live paycheck to paycheck, by Emmie Martin.

Nearly 80 percent of American workers (78 percent) say they’re living paycheck to paycheck, according to a 2017 report by employment website CareerBuilder. Women are particularly vulnerable: 81 percent of them report living paycheck to paycheck, compared with 75 percent of men. …

Nearly 10 percent of Americans with salaries of $100,000 or more live paycheck to paycheck as well. …

More than 50 percent of respondents say that they save less than $100 per month. And a comparable 2017 survey from GOBankingRates found that 61 percent of Americans don’t have enough money in an emergency fund to cover six months’ worth of expenses.

This intersects with the government shutdown: