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These numbers sound like pretty weird and fuzzy stats to me... First of all, the cut-off is odder than odd! Just what is the percentage of people making over 170K...?
As typical with news programs they can often lead to more questions than answers though I think they were attempting to point out an income/education disparity.
As typical with news programs they can often lead to more questions than answers though I think they were attempting to point out an income/education disparity.
I'd think the cut-off should be something like 50-75K, 100 at the most.
I'd think the cut-off should be something like 50-75K, 100 at the most.
My guesses would be:
a) 170k bracket begins the wealthy class
b) Those in the 170k + bracket have the highest saturation of college educated workers
c) Employment disparity is most noticably wider above and below this bracket
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I'm savin' it, though. No drinking tonight for me
Coconut will work
I wanna try an adult root beer float with it, for New Year's Eve
American ingenuity; don't pay them s**t and allow their performance to be judged by the patron's supplemental compensation to make them work harder.
I saw on a morning show yesterday where the unemployment rate for a college educated worker making 170k + per year was 3%. While the unemployment rate for non-college educated worker making less than 170k was 30%.
How can anyone making 170k be considered unemployed? Or is this intended to mean that that was their last salary?
These numbers sound like pretty weird and fuzzy stats to me... First of all, the cut-off is odder than odd! Just what is the percentage of people making over 170K...?
In the USA people that make $100,000 or more is 15.73%.
The number of federal workers earning six-figure salaries has exploded during the recession, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal salary data.
Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession's first 18 months — and that's before overtime pay and bonuses are counted.
Comprehensive table even broken down by regions of the United States.
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