Income Percentiles In The Us
One half 49 98 of all income in the us was earned by households with an income over 100 000 the top twenty percent.
Income percentiles in the us. To be in the top 10 of all incomes in the united states a household must earn at least 184 200. As of june 2019 the top 10 percent held 69 4 percent of total u s. Annual wages of top earners. To do the math on your own multiply 2019 dollar amounts by 663 652.
Find out how close you are to the top 1 with our income ranking calculator. All figures count only those ages 16 and over who reported personal income greater than 0 in 2014. Selected united states household income percentiles for 2020 and 2019. All data used in the chart comes from the census bureau and has been anonymized so that no individuals can be identified.
Top 10 of individual earnings started at 125 105 00 in the united states in 2019. The united states threshold for a top 1 individual earner was 361 020 00 in 2020. 2019 household income u s. In 2008 all households in the united states earned roughly 12 442 2 billion.
In 2018 the total personal income earned in the united states was 17 6 trillion. 2018 cpi adjusted the 2019 data is adjusted for cpi as detailed by ipums cps. Median household income in the united states by race or ethnic group 2019 number of households by household income u s. The latest data from the epi show that in 2018 annual wages for the top 1 reached 737 697 up just 0 2 compared to 2017.
Comparison of the lowest quintile and top 5. To be in the top 1 a household must earn at least 475 116. The wall street journal is not storing any wage or geographic information. To be in the top 5 a household must earn at least 248 304.
An average american with a median income of 32 000 39 000 for those employed full time between the ages of 25 and 64 when used as a reference group would justify the personal income in the tenth percentile of 77 500 being described as affluent but if this earner were compared to an executive of a fortune 500 company then the description would not apply. Selected us household income brackets 2019 vs. What was the top 1 individual income in 2020.