So you want to be part of the 1% in Wisconsin? Here's what it takes.

Being part of the 1% means you're wealthier than 99% of Americans. The threshold for joining the elite group varies by state, with differing economic hubs and attractions for the super-rich.

Internal Revenue Service's Statistics of Income program data was used to identify the minimum income threshold of the top 1% of earners in each state by 24/7 Wall St. The incomes were analyzed by tax unit — either individuals or couples filing jointly.

It takes an income of $421,347 or more to be among the top 1% in the U.S.

Wisconsinites have a lower threshold.

To be in Wisconsin's 1% requires an income of at least $338,328, according to the 24/7 Wall St. analysis. That ranks the state at the 19th lowest income needed to be part of the 1%. The average income for people in Wisconsin's top 1% is $945,321.

To put that $338,328 income in perspective, the median income in the state is $27,639.

In neighboring states it takes $335,576 (Michigan) or $447,860 (Illinois) to make it into the 1%.

Where is it the — relatively — easiest to join the upper echelon of the economy? New Mexico. The top 1% earn at least $256,168 there. The hardest: Connecticut, where the top 1% earn at least $663,009.

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