What’s your income percentile?
Household income, calendar year 2024, from the Census Bureau’s CPS ASEC — nationally and against your state.
Your number
Result
Percentiles are descriptive statistics of public survey data — not advice, and not a judgment. Survey estimates carry sampling error, largest in the far tails.
The full ladder
| Percentile | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| p10 | $19,889 | top 90% |
| p25 | $41,401 | top 75% |
| p50 | $83,592 | top 50% |
| p75 | $153,000 | top 25% |
| p90 | $251,036 | top 10% |
| p95 | $335,575 | top 5% |
| p99 | $659,060 | top 1% |
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Questions people ask
What income is the top 10% of households?
About $251,036 in 2024 (Census CPS ASEC 2025). The top 1% line is about $659,060 — tail estimates carry the most sampling error.
What is the median US household income?
About $83,592 for calendar year 2024.
Is this individual or household income?
Household — everyone under one roof, before taxes, all sources. Individual earnings run lower; a one-earner household and a two-earner household sit on the same ladder here.