[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

[T-Bird45]

That is an interesting chart. The main thing it reinforces to anyone that understands the difference between “net” and “gross” is the large amount of money consumed by government. In my case, it knocks me down about ten percentile points.