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Re:Typical U.S. full-time salary would be $102k if wages had... by clircle on Sunday September 27, 2020 @10:28AM (#24606888)
The first chart is kind of shocking to me. Look at the 95th percentile line. Is it really the case that in 2018, 1 in 20 Americans was making > ~190k?

Are these household incomes?

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Re:Typical U.S. full-time salary would be $102k if wages had... by projektfu on Sunday September 27, 2020 @11:21AM (#24607304)
It appears to be full time, prime age workers. https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/working_papers/WR...
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Re:Typical U.S. full-time salary would be $102k if wages had... by giantg2 on Sunday September 27, 2020 @11:16AM (#24607257)
I think they are individual. That would be the top 5%, which I think makes sense based on other numbers I've seen.
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Re:Typical U.S. full-time salary would be $102k if wages had... by Amfy on Sunday September 27, 2020 @11:09AM (#24607182)
Has to be household income, or tech workers working two tech jobs?
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