How Much You Need To Earn To Be in the Top 1% in Every State

There are only three states where earning less than $500,000 annually means you are considered wealthy enough to be among the top 1% of said states.

GOBankingRates determined these earnings by reviewing IRS data from the 2022 tax season and isolating every state’s top 1% income threshold. From there, we used the Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI inflation calculator to find each figure in 2025 dollars.

See how much you would need to make to be in every state’s top 1% of earners.

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $491,737
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $555,617

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $541,391
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $611,721

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $592,062
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $668,975

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $478,036
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $540,136

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $835,930
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $944,522

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $713,682
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $806,393

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $975,899
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $1,102,674

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $534,189
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $603,583

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $793,446
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $896,519

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $611,967
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $691,465

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $518,093
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $585,396

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $579,669
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $654,971

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $675,101
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $762,800

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $490,566
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $554,293

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $511,537
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $577,988

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $563,148
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $636,304

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $458,204
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $517,727

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $508,840
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $574,942

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $508,666
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $574,745

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $625,559
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $706,823

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $891,118
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $1,006,879

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $518,495
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $585,850

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $619,895
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $700,423

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $405,760
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $458,471

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $516,151
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $583,202

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $606,435
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $685,215

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $557,565
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $629,996

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $649,721
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $734,124

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $678,953
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $767,153

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $831,947
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $940,022

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $416,987
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $471,156

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $823,230
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $930,173

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $591,619
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $668,474

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $642,377
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $725,825

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $508,470
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $574,523

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $502,889
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $568,217

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $556,741
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $629,065

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $605,333
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $683,970

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $556,885
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $629,227

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $536,054
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $605,691

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $634,466
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $716,887

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $589,326
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $665,883

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $686,876
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $776,105

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $637,566
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $720,390

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $538,786
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $608,778

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $647,948
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $732,120

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $756,256
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $854,498

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $384,369
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $434,301

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $523,231
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $591,202

• Lower limit of the top 1% (2022 dollars): $712,186
• Lower limit of the top 1% (2025 dollars): $804,703

Methodology: GOBankingRates looked at Internal Revenue Service data from the 2022 tax season and found each state’s threshold for the top 1% of earners. Once these figures were isolated, GOBankingRates used the Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI inflation calculator to find each figure in 2025 dollars. All data was collected on and is up to date as of Feb. 27, 2025.