Metro: El Paso, TX
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $248,104
Average annual income of the top one percent: $482,255
Metro: Columbus, OH
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $379,250
Average annual income of the top one percent: $854,317
Metro: Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $379,321
Average annual income of the top one percent: $878,773
Metro: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $379,336
Average annual income of the top one percent: $968,860
Metro: Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $380,872
Average annual income of the top one percent: $865,735
Metro: Jacksonville, FL
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $393,178
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,034,728
Metro: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $393,639
Average annual income of the top one percent: $966,959
Metro: Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $405,486
Average annual income of the top one percent: $929,867
Metro: Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $434,065
Average annual income of the top one percent: $989,409
Metro: Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $441,874
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,023,883
Metro: San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $468,862
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,072,946
Metro: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $489,305
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,145,336
Metro: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $502,229
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,332,359
*Dallas, the ninth largest U.S. city, and Fort Worth, the 16th largest, are part of the same metro area.
Metro: Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $507,243
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,179,227
Metro: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $513,715
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,455,805
Metro: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $524,009
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,388,095
Metro: Austin-Round Rock, TX
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $543,424
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,418,898
Metro: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $547,231
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,306,521
Metro: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $575,237
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,194,446
Metro: Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $606,286
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,691,321
Metro: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $672,795
Average annual income of the top one percent: $2,156,193
Metro: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $701,776
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,963,545
Metro: San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $785,946
Average annual income of the top one percent: $2,168,628
Metro: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $964,238
Average annual income of the top one percent: $2,732,379
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