(Bloomberg) -- The New York City Independent Budget Office recently released 2016 income tax data filed by residents of the city. Here is a look at the city's ultra rich:
The Million Dollar Club
- 25,230 filers reported wages and salaries of a least $1,000,000 in 2016
- These filers had an aggregated adjusted gross income of $100.5 billion, wages and salary income of $33.7 billion, realized capital gains of $28.4 billion, business income of $24.8 billion and dividends and interest of $12.6 billion
The One Percent
- To join the one percent club, one needed to make over $713,706. A total of 38,002 tax filers are in the club
- 2,115 of them made between $5,000,000 - $9,999,999
- 1,412 of them made at least $10,000,000.
- 177 of the 1,412 were single at the time of filing
Rich Children
- A total of 55,479 children were reported on tax returns that made at least $500,000
- 26,511 children were reported by 13,094 'filers with children' with a nominal income of $1,000,000 or more
- 4,205 children were reported on the tax returns of those making at least $5,000,000
Who Paid More?
Here's a more detailed look:
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To contact the editors responsible for this story: Alex Tanzi at atanzi@bloomberg.net, Wei Lu
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