Below is an individual income percentile calculator for the United States in 2025. Enter pre-tax, gross income earned in full-year 2024 – January to December – to compare to the US individual income distribution. You can select to compare versus all workers, or all workers who typically work 30+ or 40+ hours per week.
(Math and methodology in our average, median, and top 1% individual income post)
After try our income percentile by state and income percentile by city calculators. Or, switch to the household income calculator.
Individual Income Percentiles for the US Income Distribution in 2025
In this graph we developed for the average individual income post, we compare single-person earnings between 2025 and 2024.
(2024 numbers are CPI adjusted.)
What was the median individual income in 2025?
In the United States, median individual income was $53,010 in 2025.
What was the average individual income in 2025?
In the United States, average individual income was $77,652.10 in 2025.
What was the top 1% individual income in 2025?
The United States threshold for a top 1% individual earner was $450,100 in 2025.
In 2025, what was the threshold for the top 10% individual income in the United States?
The top 10% of individual earnings started at $155,042 in the United States in 2025.
In 2025, what was the threshold for the top 5% individual income in the United States?
The top 5% of individual earnings started at $210,351 in the United states in 2025.
How many people made $50,000 or more in 2025?
100,015,152 workers – 54.6% of the workforce – made $50,000 or more. This is the first year more than 100 million worked made more than $50,000!
How many people made $100,000 or more in 2025?
42,280,787 workers, or 23.1% of all individual workers, made a six-figure income.
How many people made $250,000 or more in 2025?
6,621,893 workers, or 3.62% of the workforce, made a quarter million or more in income.
How many people made $500,000 or more in 2025?
.9% of workers, around 1,584,712 people, made a half million or more in income.
How many people made $1,000,000 or more in 2025?
Somewhere around 647,540 people made a seven figure income in 2024. That's around .35% of the workforce.
(Talking about millionaires is usually more appropriate for net worth.)
What is considered a good individual income?
A good income in the United States started around $65,000 in 2025. That's the median individual income for a person who typically worked 40 or more hours per week. A high income is $106,045, the 75th percentile of earnings for 40+ hour workers. If you prefer to only look at salary – see the salary percentile calculator here.
These numbers are location dependent. In most of the country, they would provide you with a very good income. See our income by city post as income ranges vary widely by geography. (We also have income by state.)
Source and Methodology on the 2025 Individual Income Percentile Calculator
Sarah Flood, Miriam King, Renae Rodgers, Steven Ruggles, J. Robert Warren, Daniel Backman, Etienne Breton, Grace Cooper, Julia A. Rivera Drew, Stephanie Richards, David Van Riper, and Kari C.W. Williams. IPUMS CPS: Version 13.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS, 2025. https://doi.org/10.18128/D030.V13.0
For methodology, 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 – you can choose which one you like better for "full-time".
Want to see changes over time? Try our calculators from years past:
- 2024 US Individual Income Calculator
- 2023 US Individual Income Calculator
- 2022 US Individual Income Calculator
- 2021 US Individual Income Calculator
- 2020 US Individual Income Calculator
- 2019 US Individual Income Calculator
- 2018 US Individual Income Calculator
- 2017 US Individual Income Calculator
- 2016 US Individual Income Calculator
- 2015 US Individual Income Calculator
- 2014 US Individual Income Calculator
