Where do you fall on this chart of US Income Distribution for 2005?
Note that this chart excludes incomes over $250K/year which amounts to < 2%. Hat-tip to a new favorite VisualizingEconomics.
I have a feeling that most people that view these data are (relatively) rich indeed. Why? Because statistically speaking, you’re educated, and educated folks find themselves in the tail of the income distribution:
[via WikiPedia]
Interesting that the professional degree holders earn more than their PhD counterparts. If you are going back to school, aim for your desired capital, cultural or fiscal, appropriately.
Finally, as if you weren’t awash with news on the failing US economic position, here’s further chart porn on the Average US Household Income 1913-2006. Note the sliding-boards that result from the 1973 and 1979 oil embargos. Scary, considering.
[thanks again to the fine folks at VE]
These charts were all made in one way or another with publicly available data US Income data found here.
