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This is not accurate, $125k household income only puts you in the 84th percentile according to the 2014 census. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_
by aianus 10y ago
This is not accurate, $125k household income only puts you in the 84th percentile according to the 2014 census.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United..., link to actual census results in footer.
- qsymmachus 10y agoThanks for the correction, my numbers must be older (or just wrong).
- dragonwriter 10y agoOr, the income rank among "American workers" (which you referred to) and that among "American households" (which the person "correcting" you referred to) is different. Which is not merely plausible, but expected.
- qsymmachus 10y agoGood point, I believe the 97th percentile is per capita, not per household.