Another Benefit to Being Tall: Increased Productivity

There are many benefits to being tall: more Tinder swipes, an ability to reach the top shelf, and best of all, a higher salary. Tall people get an additional $789 a year in earnings for every extra inch, one study found. Other research has found that chief executive officers stand taller than their underlings. And in a sampling of about half of male Fortune 500 CEOs, author Malcolm Gladwell found that they have three inches on the less-successful members of their gender.

Tall people succeed for both cognitive and non-cognitive reasons, studies have found. They have more confidence and social skills from years of preferential treatment for their body type; they also score higher on tests, probably reflecting better early childhood nutrition.

On top of all this, new research shows that tall people are more productive just for being tall.