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What income puts you in the top 15%?

Writer Isabella Wilson

This section’s factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information.

DataTop thirdTop 15%
Household income
Lower threshold (annual gross income)$65,000$100,000
Exact percentage of households34.72%17.80%
Personal income (age 25+)

How much do you need to make to be in the top 5%?

Annual Wages of Top Earners

2018 Annual Wages
GroupWages
Top 1% of Earners$737,697
Top 5% of Earners$309,348
Top 10% of Earners$158,002

How much money do you have to make to be in the top 1%?

The income needed to join the top 1% of earners varies greatly from country to country. According to a list compiled by Bloomberg, it takes about $488,000 to be in the top 1% in the United States, but it takes about half that to join the top 1% in Australia.

How much income do you need to be a 1 percenter in Delaware?

Although it doesn’t crack the top 10, Delaware still requires over $200,000 in income to make it to the top 5 percent. Unlike some of its wealthier neighbors, however, you can still be an average 1-percenter in Delaware with an income below $1 million — $869,461, to be exact.

How much money do you need to be in top 5% in Georgia?

Georgia’s in about the middle of the pack when it comes to the salaries of its wealthiest residents. You’ll need to earn over $200,000 to make it to the top 5%, but you won’t need to break $1 million to be an average 1-percenter in the state.

How much income does the top 5% of earners make?

Note that these data are about wages, not an income as a whole; they do not include investment income, for example, which is not part of Social Security data. Among the top 5% of earners, wages grew 4.5% since 2007, the year before the Great Recession. For the top 1%, who experienced large wage drops in that period, they grew just 0.4%.