What is the percentage of total national income that the top 10% of earners earn?

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What is the percentage of total national income that the top 10% of earners earn?

2007-11-14 14:00:25 · 2 answers · asked by John W 2 in Social Science ➔ Economics

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46.4% of personal income in 2005, probably a little more now
http://www.actionamerica.org/taxecon/irsdata.shtml
national income is not the same as personal income because some income is retained by corporations.

edit: for the whole world the top 10% has a little over 50% of the income.

2007-11-14 14:29:24 · answer #1 · answered by meg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

98%

2007-11-14 14:05:07 · answer #2 · answered by TG 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋