Question: how much money do you need to be the 1 percent?
Answer: To be among the top 1 percent in America in 2015, you needed a minimum household income of $421,926 before taxes, according to a 2018 Economic Policy Institute (EPI) report. The report analyzed how the top 1 percent of earners and the bottom 99 percent across the U.S. have fared between 1917 and 2015.