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The first chart is kind of shocking to me. Look at the 95th percentile line. Is it really the case that in 2018, 1 in 20 Americans was making > ~190k? Are thes
by clircle 6y ago
The first chart is kind of shocking to me. Look at the 95th percentile line. Is it really the case that in 2018, 1 in 20 Americans was making > ~190k?
Are these household incomes?
- Amfy 6y agoHas to be household income, or tech workers working two tech jobs?
- giantg2 6y agoI think they are individual. That would be the top 5%, which I think makes sense based on other numbers I've seen.
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- projektfu 6y agoIt appears to be full time, prime age workers. https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/working_papers/WRA500/WRA516-1/RAND_WRA516-1.pdf https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/working_papers/WR...