Income Distribution of Various Jobs [Interactive Graphic]

Flowing Data used IPUMS data to look at how the salaries of different classes of occupations were spread out over time.

http://flowingdata.com/2016/06/28/distributions-of-annual-income/

 

One of the most interesting trends is to watch how the salaries changed after the 80s.  In most occupations, you can see that a few top jobs were making bank, while most other professions stayed the same.