| EPI put the top 1% at $737,697 in 2019 and the top 5% at $309,348 [1]. Average Income of those normal workers [2]: * Lawyer: $148,910 * Dentists (across all specialities): $186,300 * Physicians (across all specialties): $218,850 * Architects: $89,470 * Software engineers (across all specialties): $109,950 * All computer and math specialties: $96,770 * Pilots (All specialties): $163,480 [3] So these “Normal people” are not even apart of the discussion stop making it seem like all these professions seem like they are in the top 1%. It’s paint a really false picture that skews the conversation at large. 1. https://www.epi.org/blog/top-1-0-of-earners-see-wages-up-157... 2. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#23-0000 3. I think that number might miss out on all the burn out low level contract airline pilots that make peanuts. |
The cutoff for the 1% for households is around $550k. For individuals it's around $400k.
The median salary for radiologists is $422k [2].
The median salary for a Google Sr Engineer is >$350k [3] (not including Google stock appreciation - which pushes this well into the $500k range).
[1] https://taxfoundation.org/publications/latest-federal-income...
[2] https://www.salary.com/research/salary/alternate/radiologist...
[3] https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engi...