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Does the top 1% feel out of reach for you? In most cases, getting into the top 5% may seem much more manageable. Nationally, the average threshold for these earners is just over $287,100.
The interactive map below shows how much it takes to rank among the top 5% of earners in each state. On mobile, you can use two fingers to zoom in or out, and to move the map around.
Not far away, in West Virginia, a household earning well under half of that — specifically, about $416,300 — would be considered among the top 1%. About 7,300 households fall into that category.
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