The Occupy Wall Street chant of, “We are the 99%” got me thinking: Where do I stand in terms of wealth from a global perspective? Thankfully, I found an online calculator, the , that helped me find the answer.

To my surprise, I am firmly placed within the top 1% as far as global salaries go–and chances are you are, too. If you make more than USD$47,500 per year, then you are the top 1%. Going down from there, you are in the top 5% if your annual salary is $35,000, and within the top 10% if it’s at at least $25,000. This is what happens when you have a planet of 6.8 billion people and .

So just keep that in mind when you smugly proclaim that you’re one of the have-nots.

Taking a more local perspective, and considering just the United States alone (I unfortunately do not have figures for elsewhere), if your salary is $87,000 you are within the top 10%. You’re in the top 5% if you make at least $120,000. Median salary in the U.S. is around $25,000. Further breakdowns are available .

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URL: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ih0nmMJSPvA/TqA55_CbSZI/AAAAAAAADCQ/Fvd0jhakDtI/s1600/we-are-the-99.jpg
(2) Global Rich List
URL: http://www.globalrichlist.com/
(3) 80% of them live on less than $10 a day
URL: http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats
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URL: http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2007/02/01/the-rich-o-meter/
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