How many US workers earn under $100,000 per year? Total wages in this
category are approximately $ aaa. Starting with the wealthiest, how
many people with the very highest incomes does it take to match that
number?

Form of answer: xx American workers earn under 100,000 per year (state
year). Their total earnings are matched by the yy wealthiest
Americans.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 27 Feb 2005 12:20 PST

jax3-ga,

According to data from the IRS, analyzing income tax returns, most of
the people in the US -- about 90% report incomes of less than $100,000
(surprise, surprise!).

The remaining 10% or so reported incomes greater than $100k.  However,
the combined income of this wealthy group doesn't quite add up to the
total combined incomes of the rest of the nation.

Put another way:  About 90% of Americans report an income under
$100,000 per year.  Their total earnings are greater than remaining
10% of wealthiest
Americans.


Would you like me to lay out the data in detail as an answer to your question?


Let me know.


pafalafa-ga