How much $ if unemployed for 6 months

I encountered a person who said he backed out of the interview process after the first round because he “researched the company and their pay range was too low.” 100% remote WFH. He was 30s, so maybe 10 years in the field. This is non data science. Personally, I wouldn’t base anything on that online data about salaries, especially if I had been unemployed for 6 months. I mean, I like to eat, and I also know being unemployed that long moves me down the appeal list. I bet he wasn’t telling the truth about the reason, but it got me thinking: what number would you find online that would make you t