How many millions put you into the top 1%?

Boggles the mind. If the chart is for single filers, "That means a single filer who made $343,927 or more in 2009 is in the top 1 percentile" the those earning less than $33,396 are in the bottom half.

 

Notice those number are PER return with no difference made between the single guy making $335,000 and the married woman with 3 kids making the same amount.

So, still not a clear picture.

 

Still boggles my mind that people in Washington State a household with 2 adults and one child and grossing $33K/year think they are "middle class" while their kids are getting reduced price school lunches.

http://www.k12.wa.us/Communications/pressreleases2009/MealPrograms.aspx

 

It's as clear as the phrase "who are the top 1% earners." There is no proviso made for life circumstances, merely income earned.