4. Boston, Massachusetts: more than $164,760
• How much money it takes to be in the top 1% in Massachusetts: $539,055
• Median income in Boston: $82,380
• Metro-area population: 4.8 million
The capital city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and a second-tier global city ranked among the top 30 most powerful metros in the entire world, Boston boasts the sixth largest economy in the United States and the 12th largest for any metro area internationally, with an annual gross domestic product in excess of $360 billion annually. The cities dozens of prominent universities and colleges are highly sought after institutions of higher learning that attract a third of a million students from around the world every year, bringing nearly $5 billion USD with them to contribute to the local economy. Boston’s tech schools and companies make the city a global leader in science, technology, and engineering, including economic and social sciences as well as highly technical and applied sciences.