Since this is the median and not the mean, it seems that the top .01% should have no impact or bias here. The statistic here tells us that the person right in

Since this is the median and not the mean, it seems that the top .01% should have no impact or bias here. The statistic here tells us that the person right in the middle of the American income distribution makes more than the person in the middle of the German income distribution, even when disregarding the actual incomes at other points in that distribution.