So, don't go to college and become a regional manager of a lumber company.

I feel like the only reason they can even joke with a headline like this is technically the entry level positions don't require college degrees.

My second guess is the current regional managers making over $1m a year have some type of extended formal education. I could be wrong here, but probably not.

A casual search for "84 lumber manager" on LinkedIn produced 6 relevant listings on the front page - 5 of which had university degrees.

According to Wikipedia, 84 Lumber has about 250 store. I would hazard a guess that there is one manager and perhaps three assistant managers per store - about 1000 "well paying" jobs. I'd also bet that only a very small portion of their store managers, maybe 10-15%, make $200k+.

That's definitely misleading. Lots of professions can earn $1M in a few cases.

Heck, you only earn $200k running a "top-grossing store"? How rarified is that air? Even just limiting it to "managers" is grossly skewed, given they likely represent a fraction of the company's total headcount.

The real question is, what is the median salary for an employee in each title/level in the organization.