I say it because understanding the gap between the number and the lived experience is exactly what our nanays need their stakeholders to do. I share this not to alarm, but because the deeper lesson our nanays and the survey data both taught me is one of hope, not helplessness. The households who cope best rarely wait for a single, large solution — whether a wage order, a reclassification, or a government program. I am encouraged by the historic wage order, even as I hope its successor arrives before higher inflation does. She is not waiting for the historic wage order to reach her directly, nor will the upper-middle income label change her daily cash flow challenge.