America by the Numbers
44.9 — Elon Musk’s compensation package as head of Tesla, in billions 45,811 — Average salary of non-CEO Tesla employee, in dollars 20 — Multiple of average worker compensation earned by US corporate CEO in 1950 271 — Multiple of average worker compensation earned by US CEO in 2016 3,580 — Current depth of man-made Lake Powell, in feet 5,280 — Depth of water covering the surface of Mars if released from a gigantic underground reservoir recently discovered by NASA’s InSight Mars lander, in feet 15 — Years that the asteroid-hunting telescope NEOWISE orbited the earth protecting us all from a catastrophic asteroid hit before being retired by NASA this summer 1234 — Most common PIN code in America, as derived from recent data breaches 25 — Percentage of students at Columbia University coming from other countries in 2011 55 — Percentage of students at Columbia University coming from other countries in 2022 337,117 — Number of people who illegally crossed the southern border into the US in …
