salaries

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CEO-                 $240,903
Physicians/Surgeons- $139,849
Dentists-            $133,777
Lawyers-             $126,530
Pilots-              $120,505
Engineering Managers-$113,388
Professors            $98,974 
Software Engineer     $78,850
Biomedical Engineer   $78,850
Medical Scientist (Pharma) $82,640

Major League Athletes  $162,054 (womens golf) - $5 M (NBA)
Minor league baseball $850-$2,000/mo or $4,250-$10,000/season

2007 US Household Income Distribution

Household Income	Households (1,000)	%≤	%>
$0-19,999	22,415	19.3%	80.7%
$20-39,999	26,219	41.9%	58.1%
$40-59,999	20,481	59.6%	40.4%
$60-79,999	14,793	72.3%	27.7%
$80-99,999	9,951	80.9%	19.1%
$100-149,999	13,385	92.4%	7.6%
$150-199,999	4,751	96.5%	3.5%
$200-249,999	1,776	98.1%	1.9%
>$250,000	2,240	100.0%

Median Household Income $46,750 (50% below and 50% above)
Mean Household Income $66,570 (Total income [$7.7 Trillion]/ Households [116 Million])
Source: Census Bureau Table HINC-06

Highest Earnings
Number of people with more than $15 million in earnings in 2007-8:

Num.  Category
>500   Billionaires *
 120   Business executives (US only)
  74   Athletes (28-NBA, 13-MLB, 12-Soccer, 7-NFL, 7-Golf, 6-Auto Racing, 3-Tennis) †
  16   Actors (US)
   9   Musicians (US)
   9   Talking Heads (Opra, Letterman, Dr. Phil, ...)
   5   Director/Producers (US)
   4   Authors (US) (J.K. Rowling, James Patterson, Stephen King, Tom Clancy) 
   4   Hip-Hop Impresarios
   2   Chefs
   1   Model

† - Athlets include two retired: Michael Jordan and Arnold Palmer who's endorsement income exceeds $15 M.

* There are 470 people in the world with net worths over $1.5 Billion. If they only invested half of it and earned 2% they would have earnings over $15 Million.
See: The World's Billionaires 2009 at Forbes.

An 2007 article in Institutional InvestorÕs Alpha magazine this week reports that the 25 highest-paid hedge-fund managers in the US had an average income of $540 million in 2006

Bill and Hillary Clinton's income averaged $13.9 M from 2000-2008.

Sources: US CEO Compensation, Forbes 100 celebrity ranking

Links:
Occupational Outlook Handbook at the Bureau of Labor Statistics
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last updated 29 Mar 2009