What the Top-Earning 5% of Millennials Did Differently - WSJ
archive.today webpage capture Saved from history←priornext→ 18 Jul 2025 08:05:40 UTC All snapshots from host www.wsj.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuse The Wall Street Journal SUBSCRIBE SIGN IN LIFESTYLE CAREERS How the Highest-Earning Millennials Made It to the Top of Their Generation They were part of a vast economic re-sorting that narrowed the paths to financial success, with tech and finance gaining ground on doctors and lawyers By Joe Pinsker and Paul Overberg | Graphics by Stephanie Stamm | Photographs by Jonah Reenders for WSJ May 3, 2025 9:00 pm ET Millennials who become top earners are taking strikingly similar paths to get there. They are often working in a small number of lucrative fields in a small number of superstar cities after attending a small number of top-tier universities. This vast economic re-sorting has given a boost to the fields of tech and finance. Both are more likely to vault millennials into their generation’s top 5% of
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