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What Percent Are You?

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The last five years has put the spotlight on the division of the one percent and the rest of the country, the 99%. That’s a very important distinction when it comes to public policy, but it makes it very hard to take stock of your own progress when it comes to income earning.

So for anyone who’s curious where they stack up, I bring you two of the most robust income percentile calculators on the internet. There are a few dozen floating out there, but I like the sample size and source data used by this one in particular

 

Figuring Out Your Percentile

 

DQYDJ

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DQYDJ has a calculator for individual income, household income, and one by age. The interface is not super sleek, but you can’t argue with the data and its granularity.

 

Takeaways

 

There are a ton of gems in this data. For an individual:

 

  • Breaking the six-figure mark of $100,000 puts you in the 88th percentile.
  • Earning $50,000 a year puts you at the 63rd percentile. You would be doing better than almost two thirds of the American population at that level!
  • Earning $37,500 a year puts you at the 50th percentile. You are doing better than half of working Americans, and that doesn’t count the many millions who don’t earn an income at all.

 

This exercise is like a jolt of gratitude injected straight into the the vein.

It’s easy to get caught up in how others have more than you, but you may forget to look at the whole landscape and realize how far you’ve come.

Of course, there’s nothing with wanting to improve your game.

Maybe you’re asking yourself how you inch up in those rankings. There are plenty of ways to get started today. My favorite is, unsurprisingly, blogging, and you can see real blogger incomes over here.

 

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  1. Alonso says

    December 6, 2016 at 10:19 pm

    I tried the WSJ Calculator. I loved how they have extra filters to narrow results by generation and ethnicity. Another tool that encouraged me to re-examine another area of my life is seeyourfolks.com. It estimates how many more times you’ll see your parents before they die based on how many times you see them per year now.

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    • JP says

      December 8, 2016 at 5:24 pm

      That’s a definite wake up call and a neat tool. Reminds me of a great post on Wait But Why called “The Tail End”. Nice suggestion.

      Reply
  2. EL says

    December 8, 2016 at 3:07 pm

    Hey I’ve seen similar calculators before and it does provide good feedback. Being in the 73% percentile is good, but it also doesn’t account for cost of living in your area. If you make 50K in San Francisco you will be struggling, but if you make that in Ohio it will be a decent income. ITs all relative to where you live.

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    • JP says

      December 8, 2016 at 5:22 pm

      That’s a fair comment. Combining it with a gross up based on a cost of living calculator may get us 90% of the way there.

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  3. Dan says

    February 24, 2017 at 7:47 pm

    I’m in the 92%, but I am 40. Where I live cost of living isn’t bad, so this income I have goes a long way. Can’t wait to retire in the next year or two.

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    • JP Livingston says

      February 24, 2017 at 8:24 pm

      That’s fantastic. Congrats, Dan! Do you have a set date to walk away from your job?

      Reply

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