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The top 10% of Americans by net worth had a median retirement account balance of $900,000 as of 2022. Note this is the median, not the average, which can be skewed by particularly high or low numbers.
For example, adults aged 18 to 34 need a net worth exceeding $39,040 to rank among the top 50% of their peer group. Additionally, anyone with a net worth exceeding $192,700 ranks among the top 50% ...
The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list has been published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2020 class of the 400 richest Americans was $3.2 trillion, up from $2.7 trillion in 2017. [1] As of March 2023, there were 735 billionaires in the United States. [2]
From 2019 to 2022, the median net worth of U.S. families grew 37% to $192,900, after inflation, the largest rise in the history of the survey. Wealth rose at all income levels.
Federal, State, and Local income tax as a percent GDP Federal income, payroll, and tariff tax history Taxes revenue by source chart history US Capital Gains Taxes history. In 1913, the top tax rate was 7% on incomes above $500,000 (equivalent to $15.4 million [97] in 2023 dollars) and a total of $28.3 million was collected. [98]
For those looking to have a more reasonable goal, a household net worth of $1.17 million will get you into the top 5%, and about $970,000 earning your household a spot in the top 10%.
The middle 20% paid 10.3% of taxes while getting 11.4% of the income, and the top 1%, those with yearly incomes averaging $1,371,000, paid 21.6% of taxes while getting 21% of total income. Across eight income groups whose data were reported, the largest difference between total taxes paid and total income received was just 1.7 percentage points.
The top 10% of American households by net worth had an average of $1.29 million in their retirement accounts in 2022, according to the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances.