Global Income Ladder
| # | Entity | Income / Worth | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elon Musk | $1.14T | ||
| 2 | Larry Page | $257.0B | ||
| 3 | Sergey Brin | $237.0B | ||
| 4 | Jeff Bezos | $224.0B | ||
| 5 | Mark Zuckerberg | $222.0B | ||
| 6 | Larry Ellison | $190.0B | ||
| 7 | Bernard Arnault | $171.0B | ||
| 8 | Jensen Huang | $154.0B | ||
| 9 | Warren Buffett | $149.0B | ||
| 10 | Michael Dell | $141.0B | ||
| 11 | Steve Ballmer | $128.0B | ||
| 12 | Amancio Ortega | $117.0B | ||
| 13 | Mukesh Ambani | $100.0B | ||
| 14 | Bill Gates | $98.0B | ||
| 15 | Rob Walton | $90.0B | ||
| 16 | Françoise Bettencourt Meyers | $85.0B | ||
| 17 | Zhong Shanshan | $68.0B | ||
| 18 | Ma Huateng | $45.0B | ||
| 19 | Peter Thiel | $28.0B | ||
| 20 | Donald Trump | $6.5B | ||
| 21 | A Hedge Fund Manager | $50.0M | ||
| 22 | A Tech Founder (Post-Exit) | $15.0M | ||
| 23 | Facebook E9 · Principal Engineer | $3.4M | ||
| 24 | A Quant Trader in London | $2.0M | ||
| 25 | A Plastic Surgeon in Beverly Hills | $1.5M | ||
| 26 | Amazon Senior Principal SDE · Principal Engineer | $1.4M | ||
| 27 | OpenAI L6 · Software Engineering Manager | $1.4M | ||
| 28 | A Startup CTO (Post-Series B) | $1.2M | ||
| 29 | A Partner at McKinsey | $900.0K | ||
| 30 | Microsoft Partner · Principal Engineer | $890.0K | ||
| 31 | Google L7 · Principal Engineer | $804.0K | ||
| 32 | Apple ICT6 · Principal Engineer | $785.0K | ||
| 33 | Anthropic Senior Engineer | $746.4K | ||
| 34 | Stripe M1 · Software Engineering Manager | $681.5K | ||
| 35 | A VP at a Wall Street Bank | $600.0K | ||
| 36 | Databricks L4 · Engineer | $400.0K | ||
| 37 | Nvidia IC5 · Hardware Engineer - 2 - Senior+ | $355.0K | ||
| 38 | A Senior Engineer at a FAANG | $350.0K | ||
| 39 | A Product Manager at Google | $280.0K | ||
| 40 | A BigLaw Associate in NYC | $250.0K | ||
| 41 | An Airline Pilot (Major Carrier) | $220.0K | ||
| 42 | A Dentist in Toronto | $140.0K | ||
| 43 | ByteDance Senior 2-2 | $138.9K | ||
| 44 | Tencent Senior T10 | $138.9K | ||
| 45 | Alibaba Senior P7 | $131.9K | ||
| 46 | A Consultant Doctor (NHS) | $120.0K | ||
| 47 | A Senior Developer in Sydney | $95.0K | ||
| 48 | Pinduoduo New Grad SSP | $89.2K | ||
| 49 | A Mid-level Engineer in Berlin | $65.0K | ||
| 50 | A Marketing Manager in Dubai | $60.0K | ||
| 51 | A Civil Servant in Singapore | $55.0K | ||
| 52 | A Plumber in Melbourne | $52.0K | ||
| 53 | A Remote Developer in Lisbon | $48.0K | ||
| 54 | An NHS Nurse in London | $38.0K | ||
| 55 | United States (Median Income) | $37.5K | ||
| 56 | A Salaryman in Tokyo | $35.0K | ||
| 57 | Australia (Median Income) | $34.0K | ||
| 58 | United Kingdom (Median Income) | $30.0K | ||
| 59 | Germany (Median Income) | $29.0K | ||
| 60 | A Junior Developer in Warsaw | $22.0K | ||
| 61 | Japan (Median Income) | $22.0K | ||
| 62 | South Korea (Median Income) | $19.0K | ||
| 63 | A School Principal in Bogota | $18.0K | ||
| 64 | A Freelance Designer in Istanbul | $12.0K | ||
| 65 | An Electrician in Johannesburg | $11.0K | ||
| 66 | A Police Officer in Bangkok | $10.0K | ||
| 67 | A Nurse in Sao Paulo | $9.0K | ||
| 68 | An Accountant in Manila | $8.5K | ||
| 69 | A Factory Worker in Shenzhen | $7.5K | ||
| 70 | China (Median Income) | $6.5K | ||
| 71 | Brazil (Median Income) | $5.5K | ||
| 72 | A Construction Worker in Ho Chi Minh City | $5.0K | ||
| 73 | A Taxi Driver in Mexico City | $4.5K | ||
| 74 | A Public School Teacher in India | $3.5K | ||
| 75 | A Fisherman in Bali | $3.0K | ||
| 76 | A Security Guard in Cairo | $2.4K | ||
| 77 | India (Median Income) | $2.1K | ||
| 78 | A Street Vendor in Lagos | $1.8K | ||
| 79 | A Tuk-Tuk Driver in Phnom Penh | $1.4K | ||
| 80 | Nigeria (Median Income) | $1.2K | ||
| 81 | A Textile Worker in Bangladesh | $1.1K | ||
| 82 | A Domestic Worker in Nairobi | $480 | ||
| 83 | A Rice Farmer in Myanmar | $350 | ||
| 84 | A Subsistence Farmer in Ethiopia | $220 | ||
| 85 | 50 Cent | $0 | ||
| 86 | Evergrande Group | -$305.0B | ||
| 87 | Hui Ka Yan | -$42.0B | ||
| 88 | Sam Bankman-Fried | -$11.0B | ||
| 89 | FTX Depositors | -$8.7B | ||
| 90 | Lehman Brothers (per employee) | -$2.4B | ||
| 91 | Toni Braxton | -$55.0M | ||
| 92 | Lenny Dykstra | -$25.0M | ||
| 93 | Mike Tyson | -$23.0M | ||
| 94 | MC Hammer | -$10.0M | ||
| 95 | Kim Basinger | -$8.1M | ||
| 96 | Nicolas Cage | -$6.0M | ||
| 97 | DMX | -$1.0M | ||
| 98 | Average US Doctor (med school debt) | -$250.0K | ||
| 99 | Japan National Debt (per capita) | -$90.0K | ||
| 100 | China Avg Mortgage Household | -$70.0K | ||
| 101 | US Avg Student Loan | -$56.1K | ||
| 102 | US Household Debt (per capita) | -$56.0K | ||
| 103 | US Avg Credit Card Debt | -$11.1K | ||
| 104 | US Avg Medical Debt | -$4.6K |