Ever wonder who the 1% are?

Learn what the income threshold and breakdown of income categories that make up the Top 1% of US families (and the Top 10%, 5%, 1%, 0.1% and 0.01%).

Based on the research by Emmanuel Saez, E. Morris Cox Professor of Economics Director, Center for Equitable Growth , University of California Berkeley.

"Income Inequality in the United States, 1913-1998" with Thomas Piketty, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118(1), 2003, 1-39

Data updated to 2008 IRS tax information.