The US Census Bureau that releases US income statistics excludes billionaires from their calculations. I have actually contacted them about releasing those statistic with billionaires. IIRC they claimed it "skews the results to be unrealistic".
this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2026
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The median American has $124,000 in net worth, but also claims to live paycheck to paycheck when polled