Among those 16 and over in the US who earned money in 2014, earning $10,000 put you in the 20^th percentile of those with earned income. If you earned $27,000, you were in the 50^th percentile while those earning $50,000 were in the 73^rd. $100,000 of earned income placed you in the 92^nd percentile, while $250,000 put you in the 98th percentile and $310,000 placed you in the top 1%.