It's not only one percenters that Americans consider rich.
More than half of those recently polled by Gallup said an income of no more than $150,000 would qualify that person as rich. When asked how much money per year would be necessary for them to consider themselves "rich," 53 percent mentioned an income of $150,000 or less, and 71 percent said an income of $300,000 would be enough.
Wealth marketing HNW Inc. considers an income of more than $350,000 per year enough to push someone into the one percent. But they also say most one percenters aren't aware of their exceptional status.
That may be because of extreme levels of income inequality among the richest of Americans.Steeper inequality exists among those in the top tenth of the income scale than elsewhere in the income spectrum, leading to a comparative sense of poorness for many wealthy Americans, according to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center cited by The New York Times.Read the rest at The Huffington Post
by Bonnie Kavoussi
4 comments:
i really couldnt imagine making 150000 a year.
150K in NYC is "just getting by".
@ Anonymous
Most people don't live in NYC.
This is one of the disconnects in perception.
BTW, I know of companies that have moved from states where the wage is about $10 p. hr to states where it is about $8 p hr. Benefits? What are they?
Anonymous,
From New York, New York - profile
Estimated median household income in 2009: $50,033 (it was $38,293 in 2000)
So your definition of "getting by" is different from that of most families in NYC
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