This is the salary it takes to be considered rich in California, report says

Iman Palm
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Californians hoping to become the top 5% of earners in the state need to be making, on average, more than $600,000 a year, according to a new study from Go Banking Rates.

Researchers for the financial website sought to find out how much money someone needs to make to land in the top 5% of earners. Unsurprisingly, those figures vary based on location.

Data from the U.S. Census Bureau was used in the report.

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For Californians hoping to join the prestigious club, residents would have to bring in an average income of $613,602, a nearly 40% increase from 2017, when the average income needed for the top 5% of earners was $447,207.

Residents in Washington, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Virginia, Colorado, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Maryland, Connecticut and the District of Columbia would also need to make more than $500,000-plus annually to land in the top 5% of earners, the report found.

The report found that top earners typically live in Washington D.C., where it takes $719,000 to be among the top 5% of earners.

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On the contrary, Mississippi had the lowest bar set for those hoping to be among the top 5% of earners. Residents in the state would have to earn, on average, $333,597.

The full report can be viewed here.

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