
25. Being Rich In Mississippi
Southern state Mississippi has a much lower cost of living combined with an economy that provides for very few ultra high-paying jobs that would cause workers to be considered rich. Other than positions at casinos and oil rigs on the Gulf Coast, most Mississippi jobs pay a much more modest salary. Doctors, lawyers, and engineers are much of the only professions that make six digits.

In Mississippi, the average income for a household considered to be rich and in the top five percent is $266,248, but you can break into the threshold of the top five percent with just under $160,000 per year. You can get into the top one percent at $254,362 per year, but the average income for the top one percent is closer to the national average, at $580,461. Casino owners and managers are often rich and rake in enough money to drive the state’s average up.