On: Where is the One Percent?

[fennecfoxen]

Of course, you can break into the global top 1% with a mere $34,000 a year.

[forensic → fennecfoxen]

Only if you adjust for living expenses.

[TruthElixirX → fennecfoxen]

I believe it is 54k a year now, but I may have been looking it up incorrectly.

[rprospero → TruthElixirX]

According to the Wiki, 40% of the US population made over $54k in 2003. That's 125 million people or 1.8% of the world's population. Since there are obviously people outside the US also making over $54k per year, we can assume that at least 2% of the world population is making over 54k.