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  2. Affluence in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The top 5% of households, three quarters of whom had two income earners, had incomes of $166,200 (about 10 times the 2009 US minimum wage, for one income earner, and about 5 times the 2009 US minimum wage for two income earners) or higher, with the top 10% having incomes well in excess of $100,000.

  3. Income in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The top quintile in personal income in 2019 was $103,012 [2] (included in the chart below). The differences between household and personal income are considerable, since 61% of households now have two or more income earners.

  4. Income inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    However, the top 1% income fell from 2007 to 2016, due to both the Great Recession and tax hikes on upper incomes during the Obama Administration. [2] [36] Share of U.S. income earned by top 1% households in 1979 (blue), 2007 (orange), and 2016 (green) (CBO data). The first date 1979 reflects the more egalitarian pre-1980 period, 2007 was the ...

  5. Wage gap between top employees and everyone else is ... - AOL

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    Income inequality is becoming a dominant topic of conversation, particularly as the 2020 presidential race heats up. Wage gap between top employees and everyone else is 'off the chart' [Video ...

  6. Wealth inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The top 10% of families held 76% of the wealth in 2013, while the bottom 50% of families held 1%. Inequality increased from 1989 to 2013. [1] The inequality of wealth (i.e. inequality in the distribution of assets) has substantially increased in the United States in recent decades. [2] Wealth commonly includes the values of any homes ...

  7. Causes of income inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Share of income tax paid by level of income. The top 2.7% of taxpayers (those with income over $250,000) paid 51.6% of the federal income taxes in 2014. A key factor in income inequality/equality is the effective rate at which income is taxed coupled with the progressivity of the tax system.

  8. How Easy Is It To Go From Middle Class to Upper Class in ...

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    Here are the general economic boundaries for each class: Lower class: The bottom 20% of earners with household incomes not exceeding $28,007. Lower middle class: Those making between $28,008 and ...

  9. Humphrey Yang Reveals What Income Puts You in The Top ... - AOL

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    It comes as no surprise that the requirements for landing in the top 10%, 5%, and 1% of annual wage earners depend upon a host of factors. During an episode of his show, Humphrey Yang, the ...