text: how much percent of people can get more than 175,000 dollars every year in the us?   according to the 2000 u s census 2.4 % of households had income of greater than $200,000. 2.2% had incomes from $150,000 to $200,000. that data is 7 years old and with inflation and the fact that the rich are always getting richer, we can probably extrapolate that it is 3.5% to 4.0%