Thirty-six p.c of U.S. staff with salaries of $100,000 or extra live paycheck to paycheck — twice as many who stated they have been in 2019, in line with a survey carried out by Willis Towers Watson, a consulting agency. CNBC experiences:

That’s greater than the 34% of staff who earn $50,000 to $100,000 a yr who’re residing paycheck to paycheck, although decrease than the 52% of paycheck-to-paycheck staff with incomes of lower than $50,000, in line with the survey.

Nevertheless, the excessive earners are the one group that noticed a rise of their paycheck-to-paycheck ranks within the final three years.

“Staff at increased pay ranges aren’t resistant to residing paycheck to paycheck,” stated Mark Smrecek, the monetary wellbeing market chief for North America at Willis Towers Watson.

Willis Towers Watson polled 9,658 full-time staff from massive and midsize personal employers in December and January 2022, earlier than the latest inflation readings.