Here's the salary you need to be in the top 5% of earners in 21 major US cities

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San Francisco attracts the wealthy.

Big cities - with their fine dining, upscale shopping, and luxurious apartments - tend to attract the wealthy.

For instance, to crack the top 5% of high-earners in San Francisco, your household income must be $350,000.

That's according to The New York Times' interactive tool that allows you to enter your household income and compare your earnings across 344 zones throughout the US.

Here, we've highlighted the annual household income required to be in the top 5% and 10% of earners in 21 big US metro areas, from lowest to highest: