Under Construction
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 2009
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 InvestorŐs 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


CEO Compensation: 2015
Most of compensation was in bonus' and stock
Rank CEO Company Total $Millions
1 Pichai, Sundar GOOGLE INC. $100.5
2 Khosrowshahi, Dara EXPEDIA, INC. $94.6
3 Moonves, Leslie CBS CORP $56.8
4 Dauman, Philippe P. VIACOM INC. $54.2
5 Hurd, Mark V. ORACLE CORP $53.2
6 Catz, Safra A. ORACLE CORP $53.2
7 Bisignano, Frank J. First Data (FDC) $51.6
8 Schleifer, Leonard S. REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC $47.5
9 Iger, Robert A. WALT DISNEY CO $44.9
10 Ishrak, Omar MEDTRONIC PLC $39.5
11 Mathrani, Sandeep GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC. $39.2
12 Lorber, Howard M. Vector Group (VGR) $37.0
13 Roberts, Brian L. COMCAST CORP $36.2
14 Mayer, Marissa A. YAHOO INC $36.0
15 Cote, David M. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC $34.5
16 Bousbib, Ari IMS Health Holdings (IMS) $34.5
17 Benioff, Marc SALESFORCE COM INC $33.4
18 Cote, David M. Cote Honeywell International (HON) $33.1
19 Immelt, Jeffrey R. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO $33.0
20 Zaslav, David M. DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. $32.4
21 Bewkes, Jeffrey L. TIME WARNER INC. $31.5
22 Case, Gregory C. AON PLC $29.7
23 Meyer, James E. Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI) $29.2
24 Merlo, Larry J. CVS HEALTH CORP $28.9
25 Barra, Mary T. GENERAL MOTORS CO $28.6
26 Hewson, Marillyn A. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP $28.6
27 Leiden, Jeffrey M. VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC $28.1
28 Murdoch, Keith Rupert TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC. $27.9
29 Roberts, Brian L. Comcast (CMCSA) $27.5
30 Tillerson, Rex W. EXXON MOBIL CORP $27.3
35 Stephenson, Randall L. AT&T INC. $25.1
37 Dolan, James L. CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP $24.6
38 Legere, John J. T-Mobile US (TMUS) $24.5
40 Frazier, Kenneth C. MERCK & CO. INC. $24.2
42 Gorsky, Alex JOHNSON & JOHNSON $23.8
56 Chenault, Kenneth I. AMERICAN EXPRESS CO $22.0
73 Calderoni, Robert M. CITRIX SYSTEMS INC $19.6
74 Chambers, John T. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. $19.6
78 Stumpf, John G. WELLS FARGO & COMPANY $19.3
86 Narayen, Shantanu ADOBE SYSTEMS INC $18.4
87 McAdam, Lowell C. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC $18.3
88 Nadella, Satya MICROSOFT CORP $18.3
93 Marcus, Robert D. TIME WARNER CABLE INC. $18.1
94 Fairbank, Richard D. CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP $18.0
118 Brown, Michael A. SYMANTEC CORP $16.3
123 Smith, Brad D. INTUIT INC $16.0
151 Krzanich, Brian M. INTEL CORP $14.6
152 Corbat, Michael CITIGROUP INC $14.6
154 Hemsley, Stephen J. UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC $14.5
155 Wenig, Devin N. EBAY INC $14.5
157 Schulman, Daniel H. PAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC. $14.4
166 Moynihan, Brian T. BANK OF AMERICA CORP $13.8
278 Mollenkopf, Steven M. QUALCOMM INC $10.4
284 Cook, Timothy D. APPLE INC $10.3
See Top 400
Source: CEO Pay: How Corporate Chiefs Rank - WSJ.com
and Meet the Highest-Paid C.E.O.s in 2015 - The New York Times
See also: Laragest Companies - Revenue, Market Cap, Employees
Links:
Occupational Outlook Handbook at the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Celebrities
Political Figures in the Media
sports
Education
salary.com
salaries in the US at wikipedia.
What this Job Pays - NWjobs at marketplace.nwsource.com

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last updated 29 Mar 2009