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    Techy Dallas suburb is No. 1 hot spot for remote workers in U.S.

    Amber Heckler
    Jan 9, 2025 | 7:31 pm
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    Even as many major companies are enacting return-to-office policies across the country, there's a stronghold in the Dallas area where remote work prevails. A new SmartAsset survey of cities with the biggest remote workforces has revealed Frisco is the No. 1 city with the highest share of remote workers in the nation.

    The study found over 40,000 Frisco residents work from home, which is more than a third of all of the city's workers aged 16 and older (117,193 total workers).

    Though Frisco's remote workforce has shrunk by more than 6,000 people since 2024, the suburb still has the highest percentage of remote workers out of all 349 cities included in the report.

    Unfortunately for Frisco workers who do have to go into the office, they have to endure an average 30 minute commute to get to their workplaces. That's a lot of time spent sitting in traffic every day, and that's if the weather decides to cooperate.

    The study also analyzed the methods of transportation that Frisco workers are using to get to work. The findings show that a majority of workers (57.16 percent) drive themselves to their place of employment, while only 6.39 percent carpool. Less than one percent of all Frisco workers walk (0.89 percent) or use public transit (0.01 percent) to get to work, which is not surprising considering the poor walkability of the metro area in general. Less than two percent of workers commute "via other means," which the study did not elaborate on.

    Remote workforce populations across Dallas-Fort Worth
    Overall, the population of remote workers appears to have dropped throughout Dallas-Fort Worth, but the proportion of remote workers is still higher than in many other U.S. cities.

    McKinney has the 27th largest remote workforce nationally, despite having 654 fewer remote workers than it did last year. According to the study's data, 26,601 McKinney residents currently work from home, which represents 24.23 percent of the total worker population.

    Dallas (No. 146) has the highest number of remote workers in the Metroplex, at more than 95,000 people, but technically falls behind nearly every other North Texas city since it only amounts to 14.02 percent of all workers. And despite the constant Dallas traffic, the report says the city's average commute time is less than 26 minutes, but we think it's safe to say that math doesn't quite add up.

    Fort Worth (No. 153) slipped nine spots over the last year with 67,515 remote workers, or 13.64 percent of the total workforce. The city's remote work population has 4,675 fewer people than it did in 2024, which means more residents are having to drive about 27.4 minutes on average to get to work.

    The top 10 U.S. cities with the most people working from home are:

    • No. 1 – Frisco, Texas
    • No. 2 – Berkeley, California
    • No. 3 – Charlotte, North Carolina
    • No. 4 – Cary, North Carolina
    • No. 5 – Carlsbad, California
    • No. 6 – Highlands Ranch, Colorado
    • No. 7 – Arlington, Virginia
    • No. 8 – Seattle, Washington
    • No. 9 – Carmel, Indiana
    • No. 10 – Boulder, Colorado

    SmartAsset analyzed U.S. Census Bureau data for 349 of the largest U.S. cities with populations of 100,000 or more. Cities were ranked by the percentage of those who worked from home out of all workers aged 16 and over.

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    This is the salary it takes to be a top 1 percent earner in Texas

    Amber Heckler
    Jul 25, 2025 | 5:00 pm
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    To be one of the highest earners in Texas has become a little easier in 2025: According to a new financial analysis from SmartAsset, Texans have to make $743,955 to qualify as a top 1 percent earner in the state.

    If that sounds like a lot, it's still $18,000 less than 2024, when you had to pull in $762,090 a year.

    To determine the income needed to be in the top 1 percent of earners, SmartAsset analyzed 2022 IRS data for individual tax filers (the most recent year where data was available), and income was adjusted to May 2025 dollars.

    The national average income it takes to be considered a part of this exclusive group comes out to $731,492. The income needed to be in the top 1 percent decreased in nearly every state except for North Dakota, Florida, and Oklahoma.

    Connecticut leads the nation with the highest income threshold needed to be in the top 1 percent, with residents needing to make nearly $1.06 million annually to qualify. Connecticut is the only state where residents need to make $1 million to be considered a top 1 percent earner. Only 16,917 Connecticuters currently fit the bill for the designation.

    A total of 128,130 Texans currently make enough money to be considered one of the highest earners statewide. That's 2,002 more people than in 2024. Though the report doesn't provide information as to where these top earners live, it's entirely possible some are living in Dallas-Fort Worth. After all, the metro's population has now surpassed 8.44 million residents.

    For aspiring Texans who want to make it among the top 5 percent of earners in the state, they would have to make $284,661 a year to qualify. There are 640,648 Texans who currently make enough money to be considered top 5 percent earners, the report said.

    "Nearly 1.5 million households across the United States now rank among the top 1 percent of earners, according to the latest tax return data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)," the report said. "Economic conditions, tax policies and cost of living vary significantly from state to state, resulting in wide disparities between what it takes to become a top 1 percent earner across the nation."

    For Dallasites who want to make enough money to be considered "middle class," the yearly salary ranges between $49,478 and $71,359, according to a separate 2025 SmartAsset report.

    The top 10 states with the highest thresholds to be considered in the top 1 percent of earners in the U.S. are:

    • No. 1 – Connecticut ($1,056,996)
    • No. 2 – Massachusetts ($965,170)
    • No. 3 – California ($905,396)
    • No. 4– New Jersey ($901,082)
    • No. 5 – New York ($891,640)
    • No. 6 – Florida ($859,381)
    • No. 7 – Washington ($819,101)
    • No. 8 – Colorado ($772,989)
    • No. 9 – Wyoming ($771,369)
    • No. 10 – Texas ($743,955)
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