Across the US, the $4 of all earners is $206,000.
But among women in the top 2%, the average salary is $145,000, compared to $371,000 for men, according to an analysis of the 2015 American Community Survey by labor economics research firm $4 (JSI).
That means the average woman in the top 2% makes just 39 cents for every dollar a man makes. Overall, women earn an average of 79 cents for every dollar a man makes in the US, according to a $4 published by the Joint Economic Committee Democratic Staff.
While striking, the pay gap at the top isn't likely a matter of women being paid significantly less than their male counterparts, but rather that $4.
In fact, in some states, so few women make it into the top 1% - which requires an average annual salary of $389,436 or more, $4 the Economic Policy Institute>$4 - that, to protect anonymity, salary data is not reported by gender, according to JSI. That's why we're comparing earnings among the top 2%, instead of the more standard top 1% of earners.