Overview

• The tally increased by 109 from the previous year, continuing a long-running upward trend.
• Leipzig had 125 such taxpayers, Dresden 109 and Chemnitz 37, topping the state’s city rankings.
• Germany-wide, income millionaires rose to 34,509 in 2021, led by North Rhine-Westphalia (7,871), Bavaria (7,707) and Baden-Württemberg (5,442).
• The statistics cover individuals with taxable annual income of at least €1 million, not measures of personal wealth.
• Saxony’s totals remain small compared with large western states, with roughly two million taxpayers overall.