Connecticut has the highest wealth entry threshold for physicians, with earnings needing $952,902 a year in income to be considered part of the "top 1 percent," according to a July 18 report from CNBC.
Annual income needed to be in the top 1 percent in all 50 states:
1. Connecticut: $952,902
2. Massachusetts: $903,401
3. California: $844,266
4. New Jersey: $817,346
5. Washington: $804,853
6. New York: $776,662
7. Colorado: $709,092
8. Florida: $694,987
9. Illinois: $660,810
10. New Hampshire: $659,037
11. Wyoming: $656,118
12. Virginia: $643,848
13. Maryland: $633,333
14. Texas: $631,849
15. Utah: $630,544
16. Minnesota: $626,451
17. Nevada: $603,751
18. South Dakota: $590,373
19. Pennsylvania: $588,702
20. North Dakota: $585,556
21. Georgia: $585,397
22. Oregon: $571,813
23. Arizona: $564,031
24. Idaho: $560,040
25. North Carolina: $559,762
26. Montana: $559,656
27. Kansas: $554,912
28. Rhode Island: $548,531
29. Tennessee: $548,329
30. Alaska: $542,824
31. Nebraska: $535,651
32. Delaware: $529,928
33. Vermont: $518,039
34. Wisconsin: $517,321
35. South Carolina: $508,427
36. Michigan: $504,671
37. Maine: $502,605
38. Missouri: $500,626
39. Ohio: $500,253
40. Hawaii: $495,263
41. Iowa: $483,985
42. Indiana: $473,685
43. Alabama: $470,341
44. Oklahoma: $460,172
45. Louisiana: $458,269
46. Arkansas: $450,700
47. Kentucky: $445,294
48. New Mexico: $411,395
49. Mississippi: $381,919
50. West Virginia: $367,582