The US Census Bureau that releases US income statistics excludes billionaires from their calculations. I have actually contacted them about it. They claim it “skews the results to be unrealistic”.
Global Wealth
Submitted 6 days ago by noumenon@lemmy.world to economics@lemmy.world
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iopq@lemmy.world 5 days ago
The median American has $124,000 in net worth, but also claims to live paycheck to paycheck when polled