# Income Percentile Calculator for the United States in 2019

September 28th, 2020 by
PK

Below is an individual income percentile calculator for the United States for 2019. Enter gross, pre-tax income earned by one person in full-year 2018 to compare to the US individual income distribution. (For a complete picture, see the household income calculator).

After try our income percentile by state and income percentile by city calculators.

(Math and methodology in our average, median, and top 1% individual income post)

## Individual Income Percentiles for the US Income Distribution in 2019

In this graph we developed for the average individual income post, we compare single-person earnings between 2019 and 2018. 2018 numbers are CPI adjusted.

(Again, this means "full-year 2018" and "full-year 2017", respectively. See the note in the average income post.)

Usually when we talk about millionaires we're talking about net worth. However, ~.2% of workers – around 320,533 people in the United States – made $1,000,000 or more in 2019. ### What is considered a good individual income? A good income in the United States started around$46,000 in 2019. That's the median individual income for a person who typically worked 40 or more hours per week. A better income is $75,875, which started the 75th percentile of earnings for 40+ hour workers. These numbers are obviously very location dependent. What's good at the country level does not necessarily translate to where you live. For example, in San Francisco County a family of 4 would be considered very low income at$75,875.

Live somewhere expensive? We've got you covered: see the income percentile by city and income percentile by state calculators for numbers in your area.

## Source and Methodology on the 2019 Individual Income Percentile Calculator

Sarah Flood, Miriam King, Renae Rodgers, Steven Ruggles, and J. Robert Warren. Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Current Population Survey: Version 6.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS, 2019. https://doi.org/10.18128/D030.V6.0

For methodology, please see the individual income bracket post. The only additional screens in this calculator were for workers reporting 30+ and 40+ hours a week or work, respectively.

Want to see changes over time? Try our calculators from years past:

How did your individual income rank in 2019 vs. 2018?

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