> What's your definition of a normal worker? Lawyers, doctors, dentists, pilots, architects and programmers sound like normal workers to me.
Please stop acting like these professions average at the 1% threshold. EPI put the top 1% at $737,697 in 2019 and the top 5% at $309,348 [1].
Average Income of those normal workers [2]:
* Lawyer: $148,910
* Dentists (across all specialities): $186,300
* Physicians (across all specialties): $218,850
* Architects: $89,470
* Software engineers (across all specialties): $109,950
* All computer and math specialties: $96,770
* Pilots (All specialties): $163,480 [3]
So these “Normal people” are not even apart of the discussion stop making it seem like all these professions seem like they are in the top 1%. It’s paint a really false picture that skews the conversation at large.
Average Income of those normal workers [2]:
* Lawyer: $148,910
* Dentists (across all specialities): $186,300
* Physicians (across all specialties): $218,850
* Architects: $89,470
* Software engineers (across all specialties): $109,950
* All computer and math specialties: $96,770
* Pilots (All specialties): $163,480 [3]
So these “Normal people” are not even apart of the discussion stop making it seem like all these professions seem like they are in the top 1%. It’s paint a really false picture that skews the conversation at large.
1. https://www.epi.org/blog/top-1-0-of-earners-see-wages-up-157...
2. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#23-0000
3. I think that number might miss out on all the burn out low level contract airline pilots that make peanuts.