DrBanneker
Space is the Place
Some months ago, the Wall St. Journal put up a calculator that let you find what percent of the population you were in by income. It was cool in that it let you break it down by race, sex, education, and generation.
See it here
Below, I parsed their data and found the percent income breakdowns for Black men and women (by all ages and education brackets). It is interesting to see where you fall. Yes, it sadly seems 50% of Black men/women are making below $24k/$19.5k per year.
Note, this only includes the employed. So why Black men have an overall worse time in the labor market getting a job, it seems like they make more on aggregate once employed. Not sure how much gender bias and choice of professions determines this or not. Also, this is individual, not household income so it is only what you make, not you + your partner.
Percentile group
(what % of Black
people make more
than you)
90-------------------------------$4,500---------------------$4,500
80-------------------------------$8,800---------------------$8,200
70-------------------------------$12,200-------------------$11,000
60-------------------------------$17,000-------------------$15,000
50-------------------------------$24,000-------------------$19,500
40-------------------------------$31,000-------------------$26,000
30-------------------------------$40,000-------------------$32,000
20-------------------------------$51,000-------------------$42,000
10-------------------------------$71,000-------------------$60,000
5---------------------------------$95,000-------------------$82,000
1---------------------------------$170,000-----------------$128,000
0.1------------------------------$486,000-----------------$351,000
(the top dogs; calculated since WSJ stopped at 1%)
See it here
Below, I parsed their data and found the percent income breakdowns for Black men and women (by all ages and education brackets). It is interesting to see where you fall. Yes, it sadly seems 50% of Black men/women are making below $24k/$19.5k per year.
Note, this only includes the employed. So why Black men have an overall worse time in the labor market getting a job, it seems like they make more on aggregate once employed. Not sure how much gender bias and choice of professions determines this or not. Also, this is individual, not household income so it is only what you make, not you + your partner.
Percentile group
(what % of Black
people make more
than you)
Brehs-----------------------Brehettes
90-------------------------------$4,500---------------------$4,500
80-------------------------------$8,800---------------------$8,200
70-------------------------------$12,200-------------------$11,000
60-------------------------------$17,000-------------------$15,000
50-------------------------------$24,000-------------------$19,500
40-------------------------------$31,000-------------------$26,000
30-------------------------------$40,000-------------------$32,000
20-------------------------------$51,000-------------------$42,000
10-------------------------------$71,000-------------------$60,000
5---------------------------------$95,000-------------------$82,000
1---------------------------------$170,000-----------------$128,000
0.1------------------------------$486,000-----------------$351,000
(the top dogs; calculated since WSJ stopped at 1%)
