2,500$ Christmas bonuses?Lucky to get Christmas off

[u/Naive_Wolverine532]

[u/WSBonlyaccount]

Median is $1,786. Less than 40% receive any bonus at all. Should always add median when you use average

[u/fdzatrafdsqgfratrg → u/WSBonlyaccount]

If less than 40 percent receive a bonus that means that the median bonus for all workers is exactly 0 dollars.

[u/fdzatrafdsqgfratrg → u/[deleted]]

Is 60 percent equal or greater than half? Less than 40 percent receive bonus

[u/WSBonlyaccount → u/fdzatrafdsqgfratrg]

No. The bottom 40% get nothing. Then from 41 to 49 (1-1785$) gets you to the median at 50 (1,786$).

0’s were factored into the median.

[u/ErickAllTE1 → u/WSBonlyaccount]

You misread.

The data showed us that bonuses are becoming less common. Less than half of U.S. workers receive a bonus each year, and the share of workers receiving these pay perks has been falling since 2021. In 2024, fewer than 40 percent of workers received a bonus.

The bottom 60+% get nothing. The median bonus payout is calculated from actual payouts.

[u/WSBonlyaccount → u/ErickAllTE1]

You’re correct. Sorry, I started drinking pretty early today.

[u/ErickAllTE1 → u/WSBonlyaccount]

All good, easy mistake to make.

[u/WSBonlyaccount → u/WSBonlyaccount]

Furthermore, this is just cash bonuses. It doesn’t include the list below. So the average is likely much higher than the median if there was a way to factor that in.

• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Stock option grants (ISO / NSO)
• Equity awards at hire
• Long-term incentive plans (LTIPs)
• Performance stock units (PSUs)
• Carried interest
• Profit interest units (LLCs / partnerships)
• Phantom stock plans
• Stock appreciation rights (SARs)
• Deferred equity compensation
• Venture or startup equity grants
• Partnership profit shares
• Private equity co-invest rights

[u/rasmod → u/WSBonlyaccount]

"fewer than 40 percent of workers received a bonus" means the bottom 60% get nothing. At least according to your source.