Income Inequality Is At An All-Time High. 2007, top .01 percent of American earners took home 6 % of total U.S. wages. Top 10% (decile) took 49.7% wages, levels highest since 1917, Great Depression 1928 included. Top 1 % captured 50% of economic growth 1993-2007, and 66% income growth 2002-2007
