Do people with high IQ do well in life?

IQ and Education Success Years of research have shown us that a high IQ is associated with many known benefits. These have included creativity, income, health, social mobility and indeed life expectancy. Evidence also suggests that there is a positive relationship between IQ and grades.

Do people with high IQ make more money?

On the surface, people with higher intelligence scores also had greater wealth. The median net worth for people with an IQ of 120 was almost $128,000 compared with $58,000 for those with an IQ of 100.

What is the true correlation between IQ and income?

Also, by analyzing the slope of the standardized regression line predicting IQ from income, I find evidence that the true correlation between IQ and income (at least in America) is much higher than the 0.23 reported in a 2006 meta-analysis and even higher than the 0.4 correlation asserted by Arthur Jensen, and may even approach 0.5.

Why does a high IQ not mean you’re smart?

Why a high IQ doesn’t mean you’re smart. On certain types of thinking tasks, such as those involving number ratios, probabilities, deductive reasoning and the use of hindsight, intelligent people do perform better, Stanovich and others have found. This is particularly true when any intuitive pitfalls are obvious,…

What is the average IQ of a decamillionaire?

Because Stanley found virtually no correlation between income or net-worth among the millionaires themselves it might be assumed that the decamillionaires in his sample also averaged IQ 118. Of course if the data was not normalized, the zero correlation might be misleading.

What is the average IQ of a self-made millionaire?

Meanwhile prior to 1974, an SAT score of 1300 was considered Mensa level (IQ 130). Extrapolating from these two data points, the average self-made millionaire has an IQ of 118 (U.S. norms); 117 (U.S. white norms).