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As of the second quarter 2024, the average American household had wealth of $1.17 million. The average wealth of households in the top 1 percent was about $35.5 million. In the top 0.1 percent ...
Massachusetts and California residents require an annual income of $1.11 million and $1.04 million, respectively, to be considered at the top. Meanwhile, West Virginia has the lowest threshold to ...
Top 5 states by high net worth individuals (more than $1 million, in 2009) [30] State Percentage of millionaire households ... Bottom 5 states by high net worth ...
This is a list of U.S. states, territories, and Washington, D.C. by income.Data is given according to the 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Estimates, except for the American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands, for which the data comes from 2010, as ACS does not operate in these areas.
SmartAsset ranked states based on the minimum pre-tax income needed to be considered a top 1% earner, based on the latest IRS tax return data.
After the Great Recession which started in 2007, the share of total wealth owned by the top 1% of the population grew from 34.6% to 37.1%, and that owned by the top 20% of Americans grew from 85% to 87.7%. The Great Recession also caused a drop of 36.1% in median household wealth but a drop of only 11.1% for the top 1%. [55] [53]
While the income of the top 1% varies, Forbes reported in 2023 that the bracket's minimum net worth is much higher — a cool $11.1 million. Finding your way into these financial brackets isn’t ...
Average wage in the United States was $69,392 in 2020. [1] Median income per person in the U.S. was $42,800 in 2019. [ 2 ] The average is higher than the median because there are a small number of individuals with very high earnings, and a large number of individuals with relatively low earnings.