Well, given some kind of power law distribution, I don't think the $5M are that far off. In fact, this suggests that my guess may have been on the higher end: h

Well, given some kind of power law distribution, I don't think the $5M are that far off. In fact, this suggests that my guess may have been on the higher end: http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in... It says average income for top 0.1% is $3M and those 200,000 are exactly the top 0.1%. I'm not sure where the huge discrepancy comes from, when it comes to the total personal income stats you posted and I hope someone can clear this up.