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Isherwood  ·  2957 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Everyone in America is More Broke Than You Think - What About You, Hubski?

I find it interesting that you make over:

170,000, you're more likely to make 200,000.

350,000, you're more likely to make 500,000

3.5 million, you're more likely to make 5 million

It seems indicative of a social system where people demand a certain amount as a show of social value. The 200K, 500K, and 5M marks seem to be the social plateaus that tell people they have value.

http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#(4)

This is also interesting data in that the median compensation curve is pretty reasonable, capping out at 250K.