9 Of The Top 10 Occupations In America Pay An Average Wage Of Less Than $35,000 A Year

TEC ^ | 04/03/2014 | Michael Snyder

[BunnySlippers]

I’ve got to believe this varies regionally.

[Jim Robinson]

If getting rich was easy, we’d all be.

[DonaldC]

If you set a lower goal in life, expect a lower pay.

[Diogenesis]

They will lose their homes at the first serious illness
because of ObamaCARE/RomneyCARE, and they will not even
get first class medicine (murdered by the DNC and Obama).

[grania]

What a list. Except for “laborers”, which is only one of three jobs that make one category, not one of them creates anything that increases value.

[Zhang Fei]

Interesting chart, for anybody interested:

Distribution of wage earners by level of net compensation

	Wage earners			Net compensation
Net compensation interval	Number	Cumulative number	Percent of total	Aggregate amount	Average amount
$0.01 — 4,999.99	23,303,064	23,303,064	15.16808	$47,183,753,407.04	$2,024.79
5,000.00 — 9,999.99	13,839,616	37,142,680	24.17635	102,500,638,297.93	7,406.32
10,000.00 — 14,999.99	12,312,564	49,455,244	32.19066	153,421,129,619.73	12,460.53
15,000.00 — 19,999.99	11,420,589	60,875,833	39.62437	199,398,369,215.82	17,459.55
20,000.00 — 24,999.99	10,798,184	71,674,017	46.65296	242,604,011,694.86	22,467.11
25,000.00 — 29,999.99	10,017,271	81,691,288	53.17325	275,019,343,966.28	27,454.52
30,000.00 — 34,999.99	9,282,086	90,973,374	59.21501	301,162,172,349.52	32,445.53
35,000.00 — 39,999.99	8,317,471	99,290,845	64.62889	311,393,440,479.48	37,438.48
40,000.00 — 44,999.99	7,261,520	106,552,365	69.35545	308,087,495,327.81	42,427.41
45,000.00 — 49,999.99	6,262,046	112,814,411	73.43145	297,046,618,079.65	47,436.03
50,000.00 — 54,999.99	5,437,201	118,251,612	76.97055	285,000,166,908.01	52,416.71
55,000.00 — 59,999.99	4,568,352	122,819,964	79.94411	262,359,915,949.22	57,429.88
60,000.00 — 64,999.99	3,932,564	126,752,528	82.50383	245,421,183,211.26	62,407.42
65,000.00 — 69,999.99	3,331,743	130,084,271	84.67248	224,634,035,978.54	67,422.38
70,000.00 — 74,999.99	2,872,834	132,957,105	86.54242	208,064,761,906.17	72,424.92
75,000.00 — 79,999.99	2,473,508	135,430,613	88.15244	191,516,039,796.28	77,426.89
80,000.00 — 84,999.99	2,097,234	137,527,847	89.51754	172,870,543,883.48	82,427.88
85,000.00 — 89,999.99	1,790,548	139,318,395	90.68302	156,537,324,612.08	87,424.25
90,000.00 — 94,999.99	1,544,850	140,863,245	91.68857	142,776,231,315.99	92,420.77
95,000.00 — 99,999.99	1,338,847	142,202,092	92.56003	130,454,386,174.71	97,437.86
100,000.00 — 104,999.99	1,171,733	143,373,825	93.32272	119,999,937,569.68	102,412.36
105,000.00 — 109,999.99	994,423	144,368,248	93.96999	106,838,496,790.27	107,437.68
110,000.00 — 114,999.99	873,171	145,241,419	94.53834	98,165,459,835.55	112,424.10
115,000.00 — 119,999.99	763,062	146,004,481	95.03502	89,614,007,707.54	117,440.01
120,000.00 — 124,999.99	682,898	146,687,379	95.47952	83,595,323,916.05	122,412.61
125,000.00 — 129,999.99	592,056	147,279,435	95.86490	75,443,210,201.19	127,425.80
130,000.00 — 134,999.99	524,661	147,804,096	96.20640	69,469,980,977.22	132,409.27
135,000.00 — 139,999.99	457,040	148,261,136	96.50389	62,814,075,394.80	137,436.71
140,000.00 — 144,999.99	406,767	148,667,903	96.76866	57,942,508,918.79	142,446.43
145,000.00 — 149,999.99	366,387	149,034,290	97.00714	54,028,568,606.42	147,463.12
150,000.00 — 154,999.99	334,544	149,368,834	97.22490	50,980,836,341.18	152,389.03
155,000.00 — 159,999.99	289,242	149,658,076	97.41316	45,533,883,998.04	157,424.87
160,000.00 — 164,999.99	254,482	149,912,558	97.57881	41,334,132,311.83	162,424.58
165,000.00 — 169,999.99	228,916	150,141,474	97.72781	38,330,391,364.45	167,443.04
170,000.00 — 174,999.99	205,305	150,346,779	97.86145	35,404,476,536.04	172,448.19
175,000.00 — 179,999.99	187,519	150,534,298	97.98350	33,271,769,049.44	177,431.46
180,000.00 — 184,999.99	172,973	150,707,271	98.09609	31,549,655,376.24	182,396.42
185,000.00 — 189,999.99	152,840	150,860,111	98.19558	28,649,912,185.05	187,450.35
190,000.00 — 194,999.99	141,392	151,001,503	98.28761	27,211,154,312.32	192,451.87
195,000.00 — 199,999.99	132,632	151,134,135	98.37394	26,190,609,342.00	197,468.25
200,000.00 — 249,999.99	889,250	152,023,385	98.95276	197,428,650,390.97	222,017.04
250,000.00 — 299,999.99	481,491	152,504,876	99.26616	131,099,976,147.45	272,279.18
300,000.00 — 349,999.99	288,002	152,792,878	99.45362	92,998,527,035.45	322,909.31
350,000.00 — 399,999.99	188,850	152,981,728	99.57655	70,493,610,753.02	373,278.32
400,000.00 — 449,999.99	131,391	153,113,119	99.66207	55,633,820,317.14	423,421.85
450,000.00 — 499,999.99	94,663	153,207,782	99.72369	44,855,858,825.15	473,847.85
500,000.00 — 999,999.99	305,108	153,512,890	99.92228	203,304,014,055.67	666,334.59
1,000,000.00 — 1,499,999.99	59,767	153,572,657	99.96118	71,691,398,838.14	1,199,514.76
1,500,000.00 — 1,999,999.99	21,919	153,594,576	99.97545	37,655,292,524.30	1,717,929.31
2,000,000.00 — 2,499,999.99	10,981	153,605,557	99.98260	24,423,801,656.70	2,224,187.38
2,500,000.00 — 2,999,999.99	6,569	153,612,126	99.98688	17,941,046,566.02	2,731,168.60
3,000,000.00 — 3,499,999.99	4,401	153,616,527	99.98974	14,219,111,245.40	3,230,881.90
3,500,000.00 — 3,999,999.99	2,951	153,619,478	99.99166	11,015,715,508.28	3,732,875.47
4,000,000.00 — 4,499,999.99	2,176	153,621,654	99.99308	9,207,611,931.02	4,231,439.31
4,500,000.00 — 4,999,999.99	1,654	153,623,308	99.99415	7,835,992,842.95	4,737,601.48
5,000,000.00 — 9,999,999.99	6,067	153,629,375	99.99810	41,153,891,735.77	6,783,235.82
10,000,000.00 — 19,999,999.99	2,021	153,631,396	99.99942	27,309,707,840.18	13,512,967.76
20,000,000.00 — 49,999,999.99	728	153,632,124	99.99989	20,832,426,527.70	28,615,970.51
50,000,000.00 and over	166	153,632,290	100.00000	16,177,553,041.48	97,455,138.80

[petercooper]

I’m sure people making $35,000 pay next to nothing in taxes. Whatever happened to working hard, maybe having two jobs, all while striving to improve one’s lot in life?

[Axenolith]

And is plenty to live on if you are free of bad habits and debt and don’t have ambition for more.

[driftless2]

If this is ALL workers, that includes millions just starting out. That means most people over thirty are making more. Plus, in a family both spouses usually work. And many people are invested in stocks and bonds.

[mulligan]

Why did this happen? Who or what caused this to happen? Will this situation become even worse in years to come?

What are the solutions to correct this sorry situation?

[SeeSharp]

I’m sure people making $35,000 pay next to nothing in taxes.

They do if they are single.

[BunnySlippers]

It’s pretty meager earnings for one person living in a high cost city.

[Wicket]

I love the way the writer confabulates out and out abuse with poverty.

“And often, it is children that suffer the most...

A Texas couple kept their bruised, malnourished 5-year-old son in a diaper and locked in a closet of their Spring home, police said in a horrifying case of abuse.

The tiny, blond-haired boy was severely underweight, his shoulder blades, ribs and vertebrae showing through his skin, when officers found him late last week.

You can see some photos of that poor little boy right here.”

There are families in poverty, some not of their own making, and their children do have more difficulty with peer acceptance, hunger, and ability to learn. But this item has zip to do with that.

[DonaldC]

“What are the solutions to correct this sorry situation?”

Like my granddaddy used to say, “do something no one else can do.” Meaning learn a skill. He never got passed the 6th grade but raised 8 kids as a painter (buildings, cars, furniture, etc.) in a single income home. Rich they were not but they had the necessities. At a minimum today, tell those skulls full of mush, don’t drop out!

[Wuli]

something/s big is/are missing in the report

the report lists the “top ten” “commonly held” jobs in the U.S.

and notes that 9 of those ten pay less than $35,000 a year

and says further than fully 59% of all working Americans earn less than $35,0000

however, with about 145 million Americans working, 59% of that would be 85+ million workers and yet the “top ten commonly held jobs” represent only 28+ million workers, of which 2.66 million DO earn more than $35,0000, which leaves 70% of that 85 million (59+ million) NOT earning $35,000 or more who are NOT in the “top ten commonly held jobs”, which does not say very much at all about just how “common” the top ten commonly held jobs are”

that means someone earning less than $35k is 2 and 1/2 times MORE LIKELY to NOT be working in one of the nine “commonly held jobs that earn less than $35k, than someone who is in one of those jobs

apparently today jobs held by a minority of people can be classified as a “commonly held job” only because its small number is larger than the similar small numbers in other categories of jobs very widely dispersed throughout the economy

its sort of like TV ratings, where a show is rated as the top rated show obtains that rating by getting a minority of EVERYONE watching in its time slot that is bigger than all the other minority sets of viewers spread over hundreds of shows (usually, far far more people - in total - are NOT watching any “top rated show” at any given time; more people are watching “something else”

well 70% of those earning less than $35K are NOT working in one of the nine “top commonly held jobs earning less than $35K; that 70% is working elsewhere

we should formally make the collective job category of ALL JOBS other than the “top nine” as THE MOST COMMON job category of those earning less than $35k

[Wicket]

Took the words right out of my mouth.

[BigBobber]

Bogus report. Why aren’t the over 3.3 million U.S. school teachers on this list? How much do they make?

Where are the other government workers?

[Amberdawn]

The pictures of the 5 year old are horrible. Poor little guy, I pray he’s adopted by someone who loves him.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Why aren’t the over 3.3 million U.S. school teachers on this list?

Maybe this report only considers jobs in the PRIVATE sector, not PUBLIC.