1 percenters aren’t all millionaires. The household income threshold for being in the top 1% starts at $228K a year, depending on your state.

That’s still a lot, of course, but totally doable if you and your partner both are in high-income professions. What’s interesting here is the great disparity between the 1% threshold in the top state (in Connecticut, you need at least $677,608 a year) and the state with the lowest threshold (Arkansas, $228,298). It demonstrates, yet again, how much location matters to how rich or poor you might feel (or how far your dollar might go).


The map comes courtesy of the Economic Policy Institute, which has an interactive tool you can use to compare states as well as the full research report (PDF).

If the map below depresses you, try comparing your income or wealth to the rest of the world at Global Rich List.


Unequal States | Economic Policy Institute via Mental Floss