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10 States Where You Need the Least — and the Most — Income To Be in the Top 1%

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GOBankingRates analyzed individual income data for each state to find how much you need to earn to be in the top 1% in every state to show you the ones where it takes the least and most money.

California has the highest percentage of 1% earners, Texas ranks No. 2 and Florida comes in third .

GOBankingRates analyzed individual income data for each state as sourced from the IRS ’ SOI Tax Stats.

The data was collected on and is up to date as of March 14, 2025 .

The states were sorted to show the highest to lowest income needed.

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