{"id":40677,"date":"2011-10-23T15:44:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T15:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/careful-now-you-may-be-the-1\/"},"modified":"2011-10-23T15:44:25","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T15:44:25","slug":"careful-now-you-may-be-the-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/transhuman\/careful-now-you-may-be-the-1.php","title":{"rendered":"Careful now, you may be the 1%"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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 Global Rich List<\/a>, that helped me find the answer.<\/p>

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%<\/b>. 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 80% of them live on less than $10 a day<\/a>.<\/p>

So just keep that in mind when you smugly proclaim that you're one of the have-nots.<\/p>

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 here<\/a>.<\/p>

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