On this page is a household income percentile calculator for the United States in 2024. Enter pre-tax (gross) household income between January and December 2023 to compare to household income percentiles in the full year.
Afterwards, visit the income percentile by state and income percentile by city calculator. Or, try the individual income calculator.
Find the methodology in the United States average income, median income, and income percentile post.
Household Income Percentile Statistics in 2024
Below, see what the household income brackets looked like for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th, 95th, and 99th – top 1% – percentiles in 2024 vs. 2023:
Across the board, most household income percentiles were higher (even adjusted for inflation) in 2024 versus 2023. However, adjusted for inflation, household incomes were higher in 2020 and 2022 (mostly). You can read more in my household income by year post.
What was the United States average household income?
In 2024, average household income in the United States was $114,395.26.
What was the United States median household income?
In 2024, median household income in the United States was $80,020.
How many US households made $100,000 or more in 2024?
In 2024, 40.8% of households, or around 54,010,690 households, made a six-figure income.
How many US households made $250,000 or More in 2024?
About 11,587,843 households or 8.8% of all US households made $250,000 or more in 2024.
What was the top 10% household income percentile in 2024?
The threshold to be in the top 10% of household incomes in 2024 in the United States was $234,769.
What was the top 5% household income percentile in 2024?
The threshold to be in the top 5% of household incomes in 2024 in the United States was $315,504.
What is the top one percent household income in the US in 2024?
In 2024, the threshold for a household to be top 1% was $631,500 in earnings.
See our one percent in America article for more. Net worth is a better take on the one percent, although often one-percenter refers to income.
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See our individual income by age calculator and individual income calculator. Also see our net worth calculator and net worth by age calculator.
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Source and Methodology on the 2024 Household Income Percentile Calculator
Sarah Flood, Miriam King, Renae Rodgers, Steven Ruggles, J. Robert Warren, Daniel Backman, Annie Chen, Grace Cooper, Stephanie Richards, Megan Schouweiler, and Michael Westberry. IPUMS CPS: Version 11.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS, 2023. https://doi.org/10.18128/D030.V11.0
See the household income bracket article for details on methodology – but household is easier to screen for than individual income.
Want to see a past edition? Here are the archived household income calculators:
- 2023 US Household Income Calculator
- 2022 US Household Income Calculator
- 2021 US Household Income Calculator
- 2020 US Household Income Calculator
- 2019 US Household Income Calculator
- 2018 US Household Income Calculator
- 2017 US Household Income Calculator
- 2016 US Household Income Calculator
Also, we have a household income by year post. Try that one first (it does inflation adjustments for you).
