The
, like those around the country, have relied on the rallying cry of "We are the 99 percent."
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If you've been curious whether your household income falls, or how close your family is to the 1 percent, the Wall Street Journal is prepared to help you.
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will tell you where your income stacks up. I discovered it via
, which figured out that up to about $99,000, your income divided by 1,000 roughly equals your percentage, give or take seven percent. $40,000 is the 47th percentile, for example, whereas $50,000 is the 56th.
Here's another handy guideline from the WSJ: you have to earn more than half a million a year --- $506,000 to be precise --- for your household income to be part of the 1 percent.