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Re:Lifetime Earnings in the United States over Six Decades by Retric on Friday May 28, 2021 @09:33AM (#27315114)
High income brackets are vastly higher incomes so people at low incomes (~30k) rarely reach that level. In 2020, the top 1% was $531,020.00 / year, that’s rare, 2% is $387,116.00 again a huge jump for most people.

However, some people very briefly enter high income status via a windfall. But, even here it’s mostly people with high incomes rather than poor people winning the lottery etc.

Re:Lifetime Earnings in the United States over Six Decades by dlp211 on Friday May 28, 2021 @10:45AM (#27315933)
That's household income. Top 1% individual income starts at $361k. To be in the top 10%, you need to make more than $125k.