All 60 Million Wage Earners at the Bottom Make Less Than the 506 Top Bosses -- A DCReport Exclusive

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Source: DCReport.org

By David Cay Johnston

Last year the 506 highest paid employees in America together made more money than the lowest paid 60 million workers, my analysis of the latest federal wage statistics shows.

The top 506 employees collected $659.3 billion for their work last year.

The worst paid 60 million workers earned $628.3 billion, about 5% less than the fat cats at the top of the pay ladder.

Read more: https://www.dcreport.org/2022/11/02/just-506-employees-were-paid-more-than-60-million-workers-in-2021-a-dcreport-exclusive/

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The fasted growing jobs in America pay $1 million or more and they are gobbling up 6.7% of all wages and salaries, up from just 2% in 1991.

You will only see these hard facts at DCReport.org, a free public service news service run by former top journalists at the NYT, WSJ, LATimes... . So please tell others because hardly anyone knows the facts about pay in America, especially the trend toward less for almost everyone and the rapid rise of jobs paying almost $3 million per week.