About this handsome couple later. The median American household income has hovered around $50,000 (in 2011 dollars)/year for a very long time:
The rich, though, are getting richer, and the poor...well, their inflation adjusted income has continued to also increase, with the bottom 10% up from $9600/year in 1967 to $12,000/year now.
Wikipedia only lists 40 countries, and the data are dated, but Mexico is at the bottom, with a median household income of $4,456. The USA is #4 on this list with $30,234 (yes, not quite the $50K above, which confuses me, but such are statistics), with Luxembourg #1 at $36, 399.
The September 2, 2013 issue of Forbes showed that the top six National Football League wage earners were quarterbacks, led by Drew Brees at $51 million/year. However, does anyone know who Calvin Harris (left) is? No, not an athlete, but the premier dance DJ (disc jockey), at $46 million, placing him between Aaron Rogers ($49 million) and Tom Brady ($38.3 million--Brazilian Giselle Bundchen, at $42 million is the highest-paid model, and also the wife of Brady--that is their photo above).
Then there is the top ten Celebrity list headed by Oprah at $77 million, and, I'm sure there is a reason why, for Madonna last year was only #5, but still made $125 million. #10 was Ellen DeGeneres at $56 million. Tiger Woods, with all his troubles, got $78 million, and boxer Floyd Mayweather, for all his problems, earned $85 million. The world's best soccer player, Lionel Messi of Barcelona earned $36 million.
President Ji Jinping of the largest country, China, reportedly makes $19,200/year. Let's see, now, that places him reasonably above the bottom 10% of Americans. The leader of the Free World, Barack Obama, reported an adjusted gross income of $608,611 in 2012. Vladimir Putin supposedly makes only $95,000/year, but he has been photographed wearing a Patek Philippe watch worth more than $50,000, and owns a $600,000 timepiece collection. Makes you wonder how much he really earns. Obama (left) generally wears a $300 Jorge Gray JG6500.
President Ji Jinping of the largest country, China, reportedly makes $19,200/year. Let's see, now, that places him reasonably above the bottom 10% of Americans. The leader of the Free World, Barack Obama, reported an adjusted gross income of $608,611 in 2012. Vladimir Putin supposedly makes only $95,000/year, but he has been photographed wearing a Patek Philippe watch worth more than $50,000, and owns a $600,000 timepiece collection. Makes you wonder how much he really earns. Obama (left) generally wears a $300 Jorge Gray JG6500.
Can you believe how much the top three dead celebrities accumulated just last year?
- Liz Taylor ($210 million)
- Michael Jackson (145 million)
- Elvis Presley ($55 million)
The highest paid CEO, John Hammergren of McKesson, was given $131 million, but, nothing like being a billionaire, as Larry Ellison, owner of Lanai, and boss of Oracle, made $8 billion, ahead of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet at $7 billion each. Not sure how much Carlos Slim Helu (left), telcom magnate from Mexico, added, but he is the richest man in the world ($73 billion versus Gates at $67 billion).
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