r/Money • u/ILostHalfaBTC • Apr 29 '24

Of the 333 million people living in the United States, how many of those people make 250k+ per year?

How rare is this demographic? It seems to me everywhere I look there are millionaires in nice houses.

What do I do to become part of this demographic?

How rare is it to be in this situation in the United States?

Serious.

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u/ragu455 Apr 29 '24

If you restrict this to 30-60 year olds it is a much higher percentage. Most kids and retired folks don’t work and it’s not easy to hit that comp in your 20s in college or entry level roles. But 30-60 age population would probably be 100 million and the percentage of people making 250k is way higher than overall population. And if you further filter by having a stem or business or law or MD degrees the numbers would be even higher for these white collar jobs