US Financial
Data & Statistics
Official data from the Federal Reserve, BLS, and SSA — presented with interactive comparison tools. Updated as sources publish.
US Income Percentile Calculator
The IRS's own percentile ladder for individual tax returns — see where your AGI ranks, all the way up to the top 0.001%, with each group's real average tax rate.
Source: IRS Statistics of Income, Table 4.1Average Net Worth by Age USA
Median and average (mean) net worth for every age band from the Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances, with an interactive percentile finder to see where you rank.
Source: Federal Reserve SCF 2022Home Equity vs Net Worth by Age USA
Take the house out and the median household's net worth falls 67.6% — but the average falls just 30.9%. Census net worth with and without home equity, for every age band.
Source: US Census Bureau, data year 2023Top 1% Net Worth USA
The household net worth it takes to join the wealthiest 1% of Americans — the national threshold plus how the bar moves by age band.
Source: Federal Reserve SCF 2022Top 1% Net Worth by Age USA
The top-1% net worth threshold broken out by age band from SCF microdata — what it takes to reach the top 1% at 35 versus at 65.
Source: Federal Reserve SCF microdataUS Net Worth Percentiles
The full household wealth ladder — median to top 1% — plus a straight lookup of what percentile $500K, $1M, $5M, $10M or $20M puts you in, and how the answer shifts by age.
Source: Federal Reserve SCF 2022Top 10% Net Worth USA
The net worth threshold for America's wealthiest 10%, with age-band context so you can compare against your own cohort rather than the whole country.
Source: Federal Reserve SCF 2022Average 401(k) Balance by Age
What people actually hold in a 401(k) at every age — median alongside average, because the average runs nearly four times the median and most articles quote only the average.
Source: Vanguard How America Saves 2026Average Salary by Age USA
Median earnings by age band across the career arc — early career, peak earning years, and pre-retirement — from Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Source: BLS / CensusAverage Inheritance by Age USA
How much Americans actually inherit, how few households ever receive one, the typical age it arrives, and the 2026 federal and state tax rules — with an amount-in-context tool.
Source: Federal Reserve SCF2027 Social Security COLA Estimate
The current analyst estimates for the 2027 cost-of-living adjustment, the CPI-W mechanic that determines it, and a tool to apply any COLA percentage to your own benefit. Updated as CPI months publish.
Source: SSA / CPI-W (analyst estimates)
