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It is usually by FAMILY income, so include both earners in a two income family https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/27/how-much-you-have-to-earn-to-be-in-the-top-1perc
by brianwawok 7y ago
It is usually by FAMILY income, so include both earners in a two income family
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/27/how-much-you-have-to-earn-to-be-in-the-top-1percent-in-every-us-state.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/27/how-much-you-have-to-earn-to...
> To be among the top 1 percent of U.S. earners, a family needs an income of $421,926
For top 10%, you have $178,793.00 per
https://dqydj.com/household-income-percentile-calculator/ https://dqydj.com/household-income-percentile-calculator/
- bryanlarsen 7y agoThat's income, not wealth. Big difference. @casey_junk found the wealth numbers: (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20051782 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20051782) > Just to put some numbers on it 2017 you'd need a net worth of about 1.1 million dollars to be in the top 10%. > https://dqydj.com/net-worth-brackets-wealth-brackets-one-per.. https://dqydj.com/net-worth-brackets-wealth-brackets-one-per....
- brianwawok 7y agoIncome is actually a lot more useful metric though. Most (much?) "wealth" for those in the > 0 but < millions is "house equity in a hot market".
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