Sounds Like Weird
28 March 2014
I haven’t updated the spreadsheet I pulled a few weeks ago, but here are the numbers from the last I pulled.
There are some data quality problems here. The low end of people who say they’re making a living writing? I don’t think $450 is a likely real response. Likewise, some of the higher numbers from people who say they’re not making a living writing would be perfectly respectable incomes for many. I’m not judging people’s responses here, just pointing out that there may have been some incorrect yes/no responses.
And, as always, this is self-reported data, so take it with a grain of salt.
Type | # | 25% | 50% | 75% | 90% | 95% | 100% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Self | 160 | 25,000 | 51,000 | 140,000 | 305,000 | 500,000 | 13,000,000 | |
Hybrid | 103 | 55,000 | 103,000 | 235,000 | 540,000 | 1,025,000 | 3,663,000 | |
Trad | 27 | 18,300 | 55,000 | 100,000 | 215,000 | 250,000 | 450,000 |
Type | # | 25% | 50% | 75% | 90% | 95% | 100% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Self | 571 | 150 | 800 | 5000 | 15,000 | 24,000 | 113,000 | |
Hybrid | 78 | 2,300 | 10,200 | 20,000 | 40,008 | 50,000 | 89,150 | |
Trad | 54 | 500 | 4,000 | 17,500 | 35,000 | 50,000 | 60,000 |