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&lt;p&gt;First, apologies for the Upworthy-style headline format. But seriously, take a look at the chart below, from a recent New York Times piece on the divergence of global incomes. Note that the left-axis is denoted in &lt;em&gt;millions&lt;/em&gt;&#160;of dollars. Now mark an x--real or imaginary (for the good of your device&#39;s screen, I&#39;d recommend the latter)--where your own salary falls. If it&#39;s somewhere between those bottom two lines--welcome to the club. If it&#39;s anywhere else: what are you doing here when you could be doing laps in your pool of money?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://media2.vault.com/16997/screen_shot_2014-02-11_at_113729_am.png&quot; alt=&quot;NYT chart on income distribution&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A couple of interesting notes for those hoping to move from the bottom line to one of the higher brackets:&#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1) Education is paramount. According to the &lt;em&gt;Times&lt;/em&gt;&#160;piece, &quot;[j]&lt;span&gt;ust 8 percent of the 1 percent has a high-school education or less, versus nearly 40 percent of the 99 percent.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;2) Seniority pays. &lt;span&gt;Around forty percent of those&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&#160;&quot;who make it into the top 0.1 percent in a given year are executives, managers or supervisors.&quot;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;3) Best industry for hitting it big: finance. According to the piece, one in five new members of the top 0.1 percent hails from the financial industry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;4) It pays to negotiate. Interestingly, the piece also noted that many top earners find their salaries fluctuating markedly from year to year--a fact that is attributable in large part to stock options. So if you&#39;re looking to join the upper ranks of earners, even for one year, it pays to make equity a key component of your salary negotiations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read More:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;NY Times: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/your-money/even-among-the-richest-of-the-rich-fortunes-diverge.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Even Among the Richest of the Rich, Fortunes Diverge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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