Only 18 % of Americans Earn More Than $100k

[lib123]

Why is that surprising? Especially when you factor in people living in low cost of living areas.

AI is about to chop that percentage down tho. A lot of overpaid middle managers in corporate who are going to be phased out.

 

[Raw Lyrics]

Man it's only 1 person on this entire forum getting paid that much, the rest of us are making from 50k to 95k and that just me being nice on the 95k.

I'm at 105k, 88k from my job and the rest is rental income.

 

[Black Hans]

Yep, that's right.

BTW, 18% of US population is around 55 million people. That's a lot.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

That’s one out of every 5 pretty much. That’s not bad.



$100k translates to roughly 115–120 IQ.

Average IQ in America is 98.

It’s bad…. I guarantee you that 65 percent of that 18% are white men over the age of 50…. Less than 5 percent of that 18 are black people…..

 

[Belize King]

You are a fukking idiot if you really think this isn't bad.


Especially when 100k in 2025 is nothing compared to what it was decades ago.

Making over 100k was brag worthy in 1985.

When the average American could afford to buy a home off of a 25k salary.

Salary growth compared to cost of living, and in contrast to the profits of these corporations is disgusting.

I’d rep you if I could.

I thought hitting 100k was going to be game changing. It was cool without kids. Now these babies burning through the bank account.

I have boys who were making 150k in ‘08. I couldn’t imagine making that bread back then. Now, I’m trying to hit 200k.

 

[UpNext]

Not sure about the numbers but i do not think most people are lying about what they make on here:

I have posted what i make before and have others. This is a place where there are a lot of older people on here so i would not be surprised if the numbers are skewed a little from real world norms.

Most people who make the cheeky comments are projecting or probably make that amount of money and don't feel as special when surrounded by people making as much or more. Like if you work in tech you'd understand that this is a particular high earning population that disproportionately posts on message boards by simply peaking at what your colleagues are looking at in meetings. Thus you'll find a disproportionate amount of high earning tech brehs gravitating to one of the biggest black centered message boards on the net. It's probably true for lipstick alley too.


Like it's really only two kind of people who post on message boards at this time of the day, the unemployed and the salaried office worker with time to kill.

 

[O.G.B]

I don’t lie on here.

I can prove it if I really want to, but I don’t even know who you are so it’s a waste of time. I’ve never seen your username before lol.

Really?

@O.G.B

https://www.thecoli.com/search/1520041/?q=O.G.B&c[users]=Sad+Bunny&o=relevance

Just like I stated, nothing but fronting/capping on your part.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Again, wages and IQ are closely linked.

It’s not that simple and a lot more complicated than that

 

[⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]

$100,000 2025 money is like $65,000 2020 money

 

[Hater Eraser]

this isnt amazing. i bet majority of them prolly live in LA or NYC. where the cost of living is fubar. 100k in them cities feels like 50k if u not frugal. then add in the racial dynamics of 'merica.

 

[Raw Lyrics]

You are a fukking idiot if you really think this isn't bad.


Especially when 100k in 2025 is nothing compared to what it was decades ago.

Making over 100k was brag worthy in 1985.

When the average American could afford to buy a home off of a 25k salary.

Salary growth compared to cost of living, and in contrast to the profits of these corporations is disgusting.

Stop the bullshyt. Making over 100k a year was bragworthy as recently as 2005. Making 50k a year in 1985 was bragworthy. 50k in 1985 had the purchasing power of 150k in 2025.

 

[Yinny]

I don’t know why folks shyttin on the coli. Of that 18 percent, probably 5% are black men. There are about 15 million working black men in this country. 5 percent of 15 million is 750000. We have about 100000 members here and we all make six figures. Easy math

We da bast

 

[MikelArteta]

Average Coli poster

125k a year
Two bitcoins
house with a mortgage of 50k left.
Doesn't eat fast food, No soda, no milk

 

[NobodyReally]

Mind you, 100K in a big city, where most Black folks are concentrated, doesn't go that far. So it's not really a brag to say you make six figures in some cities.

 

[num123]

Most people who make the cheeky comments are projecting or probably make that amount of money and don't feel as special when surrounded by people making as much or more. Like if you work in tech you'd understand that this is a particular high earning population that disproportionately posts on message boards by simply peaking at what your colleagues are looking at in meetings. Thus you'll find a disproportionate amount of high earning tech brehs gravitating to one of the biggest black centered message boards on the net. It's probably true for lipstick alley too.


Like it's really only two kind of people who post on message boards at this time of the day, the unemployed and the salaried office worker with time to kill.

Both are correct for me: work in IT and my work desk is right next to my personal PC setup at home.