The average Wall Street bonus is now 4 times a U.S. worker’s salary – msn/WaPost
“The bonus pool grew to $47.5 billion last year, leading to a spike of more than 30 percent in the average banker’s bonus, according to data released Wednesday by the New York Comptroller’s Office. In contrast, the median full-time U.S. worker’s weekly earnings didn’t quite crest $1,200 at the end of 2024, amounting to about $62,000 annually, according to January data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“The yawning gap reflects a broadening disparity between the haves and have-nots, felt across the globe and quite acutely in the U.S. The top 10 percent of American households collectively claim more than 67 percent of all household wealth, according to an analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.”