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What you need to earn to join the top 1% in every US state and DC

What you need to earn to join the 1% where you live
51) Mississippi: $254,362
50) Arkansas: $255,050
49) New Mexico: $255,429
48) West Virginia: $258,078
47)  Kentucky: $274,818
46) Alabama: $297,564
45) Maine: $303,897
44) Hawaii: $310,566
43) Idaho: $314,532
42) Indiana: $316,756
41) Louisiana: $318,393
40) South Carolina: $318,463
39) Montana: $321,849
38) Vermont: $321,969
37) Missouri: $326,839
36) Michigan: $328,649
35) Arizona: $331,074
34) Iowa: $331,572
33) Tennessee: $332,913
32) Oklahoma: $333,139
31) Ohio: $334,979
30) Delaware: $340,770
29) Nevada: $341,335
28) North Carolina: $343,066
27) Rhode Island: $346,657
26) Wisconsin: $349,905
25) Oregon: $358,937
24) Nebraska: $363,310
23) Georgia: $371,811
22) Utah: $374,467
21) Kansas: $375,344
20) Pennsylvania: $388,593
19) Alaska: $400,017
18) New Hampshire: $405,286
17) Wyoming: $405,596
16) South Dakota: $407,406
15) Florida: $417,587
14) Virginia: $425,144
13) Texas: $440,758
12) Minnesota: $443,118
11) North Dakota: $445,415
10) Maryland: $445,783
9) Washington state: $451,395
8) Illinois: $456,377
7) Colorado: $458,576
6) California: $514,694
5) New York: $550,174
4) Massachusetts: $582,774
3) New Jersey: $588,575
2) District of Columbia: $598,155
1) Connecticut: $700,800
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What you need to earn to join the 1% where you live

Across America there's a huge gap between how much you need to take home to be one of the top 1% of earners. Using data from the Economic Policy Institute, we’ve looked at just how much it takes to be within this elite group across all 51 states and DC. All net worth figures are from Forbes.

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Frances Carruthers

02 May 2019

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