Data from W-2's allow closer look at income higher on the wage scale

On this chart, we show the factor by which the percentage of income in the band exceeds the percentage of workers. To accommodate the $50 million and up category, the vertical scale is compressed. Thus, for example, the multiple in 1997 for the $200,000 to $249,999 band is a factor of 8, but is barely discernable because of the rise that begins to accelerate in earnest at the $2,000,000 level (percentage of income 84 times percentage of workers), and culminates in the $50 million and up level (a factor of 2, 912).