Examination of the top one percent in America, both by income as well as by accumulated net worth.

On this page is the United States average household net worth by year. Included summary statistics are the average net worth by year, median net worth by year, and top 1% net worth by year. Data is from the Federal Reserve SCF, 1989 - 2019 (1989 - 2020 data). Don't close the window after the […]

A lot of people write in with questions about the top one percent in net worth and income. Soon after, I often see a common question: how well does income predict net worth? In this post, I'll help clear it up and take a look at the correlation of net worth and income. In short, it […]

Below are estimated United States retirement savings statistics by age for 2020, from surveys conducted between February 2019 and early 2020. You'll find the average retirement savings by age, along with median, and top 1% of savings. For a fuller accounting of net worth as opposed to only savings for retirement, see our net worth […]

On this page are estimated United States retirement savings for 2020. Statistics are for households headed by adults aged 32-61 at the time of the survey (between February 2019 and early 2020). You'll see average retirement savings, median retirement savings, top 1% retirement savings, and a retirement savings percentile calculator to rank a savings amount […]

Below you'll find average income by city and median income by city for the United States in 2020. Find household and individual gross (pre-tax) income, and the 25%, 75%, and 90% income percentile per city as well. Also, try the income percentile by city calculator below to compare household or individual income and find income […]

Below, you can find United States average individual income by education and median individual income by education in 2020. Also find the top 1% and individual income percentiles by education. Find the statistics for people with education attainment ending in (or ending in 'a'): Grades 1, 2, 3, or 4 Grades 5 or 6 Grades […]

On this page you'll find United States average individual income by race and ethnicity and median individual income by race and ethnicity in 2020. You'll also find the top 1% individual income by race and ethnicity and an income by race and ethnicity calculator and visualization. The calculator will allow you to look up the […]

We estimate in 2020 there were 13,665,475 accredited investor households in America. Roughly 10.6% of all American households were accredited in 2020. Further, accredited investor households controlled roughly $73.3 trillion in wealth in 2020. They controlled around 76.3% of all private wealth in America measured by the 2019 SCF. (These estimates do not include the […]

On this page is a 2020 net worth percentile by age calculator for the United States. Enter age bracket and net worth to compare a net worth and age to the overall distribution. Data backing the tool is explained in the average net worth by age post. Be sure to also note the data warnings […]