26. St. Louis, Missouri: more than $119,560
• How much money it takes to be in the top 1% in Missouri: $305,471
• Median income in St. Louis: $59,780
• Metro-area population: 2.8 million
The Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area is home to ten Fortune 500 companies, ranking it number 7 in the United States for a city’s share of Fortune 500 companies. Among those headquartered in St. Louis is Express Scripts, Emerson Electric, Monsanto, Reinsurance Group of America, Centene, Graybar Electric, and Edward Jones Investments. The Defense, Space, and Security Division of Boeing is also headquartered in St. Louis, and the F/A-18 Super Hornet (of Blue Angels fame) is assembled in the St. Louis area. Other major companies with headquarters in St. Louis include: Arch Coal, Wells Fargo Advisors (formerly A.G. Edwards), Energizer Holdings, Patriot Coal, Post Foods, United Van Lines, and Mayflower Transit, Post Holdings, Olin, and Enterprise Holdings (a parent company of several car rental companies).