[alisasny]

family or individual?

[lilylangtree]

Dept of Labor should have the info. Or better yet, the local library should have data on something like this.

[Ken H]

I'd have to check with my tax accountant.

I'll send one of the servants over to him and get back to you.

[Mr. Jeeves]

It's something like 5%.

[NYFriend]

I don't, so based on my anecdotal evidence, I'd say 0%.

[Ken H]

oops, I read it as "what percentage of FReepers earn over $100,000".

Scratch my last answer.

[wmichgrad]

Of 129 million returns, I would say 10-11 million (7.7 - 8.5%) are over $100K. That's if I am reading this table correctly.

http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/pub/irs-soi/01in01ts.xls

[Yo-Yo]

Google is our friend.

[bfree]

According to the democraps- all Republicans earn at least that.

[ijcr]

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income.html

Not only can you answer the question posed...you can dazzle your leader with breaking it down by race,sex, age and location.

Ps. As the majority of Freepers are busy saving the world...
a subtle hint...in future please use Google or some other search engine.

[Conservinator]

According to the latest IRS information at www.irs.gov (for tax year 2001) there were 130,904,889 individual tax returns filed, with the top ten percent break at approximately $92,500 in adjusted gross income. That being the case, there should be around 13,090,489 filers making $92,500 or above. That is the closest I can get you in just a few minutes research.

[Humidston]

I dunno, but according to Rush Limbaugh's site, 96.03 of taxes are paid by the top 50% of wage earners.

Mind blower! It's on his home page, complete with links and pie chart if anyone's interested.

[Cooter]

According to the pdf file titled "Income in the United States: 2002(P60-221)," 14.1% of households had income over $100,000 in 2002. This info is on page 17 of the report.

See www.census.gov

[MainFrame65]

Actually, many of the returns at this level represent sole proprietorships - businesses rather than wage-earners, that operate without incorporation. That is one of the main reasons that the tax cut was so effective at stimulating the economy.

[lilylangtree]

Contacting the Department of Labor

By Mail
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20210

By Phone

National Toll-Free Call Center. Live assistance is available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time by calling, 1-866-4-USA-DOL, TTY: 1-877-889-5627.

[Question_Assumptions]

Part of the problem is that $100,000 in most of New Jersey or the San Francisco Bay Area is not the same as $100,000 in Kansas or Iowa. In some parts of the country, you can get a nice house for $50,000. In other parts of the contry, you can't even buy any house at that price.

Of course what makes this all really absurd is that it's the parts of the country where $100,000 per year is essentially "middle-class" (e.g., the Northeast, Chicago, West Coast cities, etc.) that will vote for Kerry to "get the rich" while the parts of the country where $100,000 per year probably would qualify someone as "well off" will vote for Bush. Of course most of the wealthy states that will vote for Kerry also run a net loss with Washington, often sending their money off to states that will vote for Bush.

[sphinx]

Ok, a serious question. I am moderately familiar with the census and treasury/IRS income distribution tables, having had frequent occasions to dig out this information over the years. Unfortunately, however, they list the data by return or by household. As y'all know, this leaves the individual/joint income question dangling, and it's an important one. Given my non-technical needs, I can usually write around that ambiguity without much trouble, but it would be nice to nail it.

I will be indebted to anyone who knows a good source on this.

[surely_you_jest]

Are you sure you are looking for earned income (primarily salaries and wages, which are also subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes) as opposed to all taxable income, which would include some forms of unearned income (capital gains, dividends, interest, pensions, etc,, which can be treated differently rate-wise, and which are not subject to Social Security and Medicare)? There is a big difference. Just looking at earned income greater than $100K a year is going to give you a much smaller universe than filers with greater than $100K a year that is taxable.

[BlessedByLiberty]

Just arrived - interested to know single and / or joint filing stats. For example a postman and teacher would certainly fit in as do most couples working in civil servant positions.

[DannyTN]

Go to the IRS web site. They have tables on income.