The number of Illinois taxpayers making more than $500,000 in 2021 surged 32% from the year before, according to the most recent income tax data from the Department of Revenue. The jump was more than three times as big as any annual increase seen in the previous five years.
The rich are getting out of Illinois. There, I fixed the headline.
Daskoterzar
2 years ago
Useless stat…making money in Illinois is not the problem. Keeping your money in Illinois is the problem.
Ataraxis
2 years ago
Just more proof that Illinois is headed towards Third World status. What’s the Third World profile? A few really rich people, virtually no middle class, and a bunch of poor people.
Pensions Paid First
2 years ago
Plenty of money still being made in Illinois despite everyone leaving.
debtsor
2 years ago
Kind of shocking that 1.7% of taxpayers earn more than $500k a year. That’s nearly 1 in every 50 tax payer. I bet it makes you feel poor that $500k a year is so attainable, yet, so far away…
fed up neighbor
2 years ago
Wonder just how many are politicians
Ex Illini
2 years ago
Wonder how many were Citadel employees that are now located in Florida?
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
The rich are getting out of Illinois. There, I fixed the headline.
Useless stat…making money in Illinois is not the problem. Keeping your money in Illinois is the problem.
Just more proof that Illinois is headed towards Third World status. What’s the Third World profile? A few really rich people, virtually no middle class, and a bunch of poor people.
Plenty of money still being made in Illinois despite everyone leaving.
Kind of shocking that 1.7% of taxpayers earn more than $500k a year. That’s nearly 1 in every 50 tax payer. I bet it makes you feel poor that $500k a year is so attainable, yet, so far away…
Wonder just how many are politicians
Wonder how many were Citadel employees that are now located in Florida?