Boulder's wealthiest: $900K needed for top 1%

You need to earn nearly $900,000 annually to join Colorado's ultra-wealthy club.

By the numbers: Making at least $876,743 per year is enough to put someone in the state's top 1% of earners.

• That's based on adjusted gross income reported on tax filings in the 2021 tax year, adjusted to 2024 dollars.
• The figure represents a notable uptick from the $800,000 most Americans must make to be in the top 1% of households nationally.

Zoom in:Colorado ranked 8th nationally, showing just how much wealth — and inequity — is building locally.

• The state landed 14 people on the annual Forbes list of the world's richest billionaires and two are Boulder-based:

Cargill MacMillan, III., 65

• Net worth: $1.4 billion — up from $1.3 billion. (No. 2,356)
• Source of wealth: Agriculture

Ed Hallen, 43

• Net worth: $1.2 billion. (No. 2,623)
• Source of wealth: Marketing software

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