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Reader poll #3: your income

Brian Leiter

MOVING TO FRONT (POLL ORIGINALLY POSTED FEBRUARY 7) AND OPENING COMMENTS FOR DISCUSSION (AT REQUEST OF VARIOUS READERS)

 

Report only your income from all sources (stipends, teaching, royalties, investments, etc.); if you have no income of your own (e.g., because you are supported by parents or a spouse) then choose the first option.


UPDATE: So with almost 1700 votes, here are the results:

No annual income:                8% (135)

Less than $20,000:              19% (326)

$20,001-$30,000:                14% (236)

$30,001-$40,000:                  7% (123)

$40,001-$50,000:                  5% (92)

$50,001-$75,000:                16% (270)

$75,001-$100,000:               12% (200)

$100,001-$150,000:               8% (138)

$150,000-$200,000:               3% (58)

$200,001-$300,000:               3% (50)

$301,000-$500,000:               1% (22)

Over $500,000:                      2% (38)

Put differently (and assuming, perhaps wrongly, that all income levels responded proportionately to the poll):  26% of readers earn between $20,000 and $50,000, and 16% of readers earn more than $100,000.

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5 responses to “Reader poll #3: your income”

  1. Mr. Poor

    How on earth are there so many persons who read Leiter's blog with such high incomes? Are there 168 full professors of philosophy who earn such incomes (i.e. over $200,000)? Or are there persons who may not be affiliated with any philosophy department or institute but may still have interest in philosophy, who earn an income only a small fraction in America can claim honestly?

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  2. Rebecca Kukla

    Well, it's not weird at all to think some tenured law professors with philosophical interests and/or training read. They would standardly have such incomes.

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  3. Anon Grad Student

    It is also not weird at all to think that people misreport their income to fit the picture of the field they prefer. I'm speaking to you in the lofty 2% but also to you in the lowly 8%.

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  4. Charles Pigden

    Surely what is significant in these figures is the bimodal distribution of income levels? 33% earn less than $30,000 per annum. 45% earn more than $50,000. A third are really struggling whilst 45% are sitting pretty. This is explained by two things 1) the young readership of this blog 2) the fact that young philosophers like young academics generally are underpaid and exploited. Question: what can the 45% do to help the exploited third?

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  5. Jbogart

    In partial answer to Mr. Poor's query re some readers not affiliated with any philosophy department or institute but may still have interest in philosophy and hae incomes above $200,000: obviously yes.
    The numbers at issue are not unusual income levels for a reasonable range of law practices, for example.

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