To reach the threshold of the top 1 percent of income earners in the U.S., you need to make $389,436 a year or more, a 2013 Economic Policy Institute report finds. But the cut off varies depending on how old you are. To be in the top 1 percent of your age group as a 25-year-old, you'd need to earn $160,000 per year.Nov 6, 2017read more >>