
How Much Does IQ Affect Your Income?
IQ barely moves your own income, yet across 739 occupations a job's reasoning demand tracks close to half of what it pays. The honest, data-tested answer.
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IQ barely moves your own income, yet across 739 occupations a job's reasoning demand tracks close to half of what it pays. The honest, data-tested answer.

The reproducible dataset behind our reasoning-and-wage figure: O*NET 29.1 reasoning demand versus BLS 2024 median wages across 739 occupations, with full method and open download.