What it means to be among the top one percent of earners depends significantly on where you live.
For example, if you live in San Francisco, California, your household would have to earn $785,946 a year to join the one percent club. If you live in Red Bluff, California, which is about 200 miles north of San Francisco, your household would have to earn less than $200,000 a year to qualify.
That's according to a 2013 Economic Policy Institute report that looks at income inequality in the U.S. by state, metro area, and county.
Below, CNBC rounded up the annual income required to be in the top one percent in the 25 largest U.S. cities by population. We also included the average annual income of the top one percent. All data comes from the EPI.
Cities are listed in ascending order of income threshold of the top one percent.
El Paso, Texas
Metro: El Paso, TX
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $248,104
Average annual income of the top one percent: $482,255
Columbus, Ohio
Metro: Columbus, OH
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $379,250
Average annual income of the top one percent: $854,317
Phoenix, Arizona
Metro: Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $379,321
Average annual income of the top one percent: $878,773
San Antonio, Texas
Metro: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $379,336
Average annual income of the top one percent: $968,860
Memphis, Tennessee
Metro: Memphis, TN-MS-AR
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $380,872
Average annual income of the top one percent: $865,735
Jacksonville, Florida
Metro: Jacksonville, FL
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $393,178
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,034,728
Detroit, Michigan
Metro: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $393,639
Average annual income of the top one percent: $966,959
Indianapolis, Indiana
Metro: Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $405,486
Average annual income of the top one percent: $929,867
Charlotte, North Carolina
Metro: Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $434,065
Average annual income of the top one percent: $989,409
Nashville, Tennessee
Metro: Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $441,874
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,023,883
San Diego, California
Metro: San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $468,862
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,072,946
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Metro: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $489,305
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,145,336
Dallas, Texas/ Fort Worth, Texas*
Metro: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $502,229
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,332,359
*Dallas, the ninth largest U.S. city, and Fort Worth, the 16th largest, are part of the same metro area.
Denver, Colorado
Metro: Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $507,243
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,179,227
Los Angeles, California
Metro: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $513,715
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,455,805
Chicago, Illinois
Metro: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $524,009
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,388,095
Austin, Texas
Metro: Austin-Round Rock, TX
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $543,424
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,418,898
Seattle, Washington
Metro: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $547,231
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,306,521
Washington, D.C.
Metro: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $575,237
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,194,446
Houston, Texas
Metro: Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $606,286
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,691,321
New York, New York
Metro: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $672,795
Average annual income of the top one percent: $2,156,193
Boston, Massachusetts
Metro: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $701,776
Average annual income of the top one percent: $1,963,545
San Francisco, California
Metro: San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $785,946
Average annual income of the top one percent: $2,168,628
San Jose, California
Metro: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Annual income required to be in the top one percent: $964,238
Average annual income of the top one percent: $2,732,379
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