2% of U.S. Households Earn $450,000/yr; 50% Only Earn $43,000 – Exactly Where Does Your Income Put YOU?

Visit wsj.com – HERE - to find their calculator which shows where your household income stands compared to others in the U.S.. $506,000 puts you in the top 1%; the much talked about $450,00 in the top 2%; $200,000 in the top 10% while an annual salary of $43,000 puts you in the top/bottom 50%. Where do you stand?

So says Phil Izzo in edited excerpts from his original post in The Wall Street Journal.

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