Our Future

God help us.

. . . the teenage boys expected to make an average $174,000 annually. Teenage girls expected to earn $114,200.

The reality check:
Median earnings of men who worked full time, year round in 2005, the latest year for which Census Bureau statistics are available, was $41,386.

Women working full time made a median $31,858.

Fewer than 5% of the U.S. population makes more than $100,000, according to the bureau. Only one household out of six report a six-figure income, according to the Federal Reserve's 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances.