Inequality comes at a costLife expectancy for male Social Security-covered workers (age 60) by earnings group, 1972–2001 1972 2001 Bottom half of earnings distribution 77.7 79.6 Top half of earnings distribution 78.9 85.4 ChartData Download dataThe data below can be saved or copied directly into Excel. The data underlying the figure. Source: EPI analysis of Waldron (2007). Share on Facebook Tweet this chart EmbedCopy the code below to embed this chart on your website.<iframe width="100%" height="460" src="https://www.epi.org?p=134097&view=embed&embed_template=charts_v2013_08_21&embed_date=20260708&onp=134097&utm_source=epi_press&utm_medium=chart_embed&utm_campaign=charts_v2" frameborder="0"></iframe> Download image Previous chart: « The U.S. middle class has faced a huge “inequality tax” in recent decades: Household income of the broad middle class, actual and projected, assuming it grew at overall average rate, 1979–2013 Next chart: Probability that sons of fathers in the bottom 20 percent of the earnings distribution end up in the bottom or top 40 percent as adults, by country »
