On this page are estimated United States Individual Income Brackets for 2024<\/strong><\/em>. Also, find the average, median, and top 1% of individual incomes in the United States.<\/p>\n Incomes are earned between January and December 2023, and data is comprised of individuals who worked<\/em> (or wanted<\/em> to work) in 2023.<\/p>\n Don’t miss our research on household incomes<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The most important summary statistics for income \u2013 whether individual or household \u2013 are:<\/p>\n These statistics are for all<\/span> workers in the United States. To limit data to “full time” workers using your choice of 30 or 40 hours (and up) per week, compare incomes in our individual income percentile calculator<\/a>.<\/p>\n The numbers in this section are not<\/span> adjusted for inflation.<\/p>\n Median individual income in the United States was $50,200<\/strong>. It is up from $50,000<\/em> in 2023.<\/p>\n Average individual income in 2024 in the United States was $73,471.51<\/strong>, up from <\/strong>$69,029.61<\/em> in 2023.<\/p>\n To be a top 1% earner in the United States in 2024, you had to make $430,000<\/strong>. Top 1% is up from $407,500<\/em> in 2023.<\/p>\n Individual income is defined as all income earned assigned to one individual. Think:<\/strong><\/p>\n Unlike the above section, this section is adjusted for inflation (CPI). You can find the details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n On massive caution: this data isn’t longitudinal<\/span><\/strong>. The survey does not<\/span> show you what a single individual earns year over year.<\/p>\n The following chart shows the change in every income percentile year over year. The inflation increase, year over year, was 4.1% as measured by the blended average IPUMS-CPS survey level<\/a>. So, if you see an increase of under 4.1% in a bracket, it represents a loss of earnings power… though, see my warning in the next paragraph!<\/p>\n As a warning, you can’t compare the brackets directly<\/strong>. Changes are only suggestive<\/span> \u2013 note that the workforce can grow or shrink, and people can move between brackets (and into and out of the workforce).<\/p>\n Data is sourced from the United States Census Bureau’s Annual ASEC survey, first released in September 2024<\/a>. The University of Minnesota’s Minnesota Population Center<\/a> harmonizes it, making it easy to do these calculations \u2013 see the individual income by year<\/a> post, for an example.<\/p>\n 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<\/p>\n Over the years \u2013 thanks to feedback (and complaints) from readers \u2013\u00a0I’ve improved the worker screen to include people in the workforce as well as people who want to find<\/em> a job. Unlike with a monthly survey, we have to do some legwork because we want to see people who were in the workforce during all (or any) of 2023.<\/p>\n Here’s how the screen works:<\/p>\n You can’t compare them.<\/strong> The employment-population ratio is a snapshot of current working conditions taken monthly. This screen is attempting to show people who were in the workforce at some point in the year, so it will be be biased higher.<\/p>\n Need an example? Consider a person who works a holiday job for one month in December. They would show up as “in the workforce” for my screen, though would not be in the workforce for a July monthly survey.<\/p>\n No, median<\/a> and average<\/a> income are not the same<\/strong>. They are both descriptions of the central tendency<\/a> of a data set, but tell us different things:<\/p>\n Median is the most important summary statistic for income data<\/em> \u2013 it demarcates the point where half of workers make more money and half make less (ignoring the workers who make exactly the median, of course! ).<\/p>\n These statistics contain more income types than the numbers from Social Security<\/a>. The ASEC numbers are the gold standard estimates of income and poverty in the United States<\/strong>.<\/p>\nIndividual Income Benchmarks in 2024<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Selected United States Individual Income Percentiles for 2024 and 2023<\/span><\/h2>\n
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2024 Individual Income Percentiles for the United States<\/span><\/h2>\n
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\n Individual Income Percentile<\/strong><\/td>\n 2024<\/strong><\/td>\n 2023<\/strong><\/td>\n Absolute Increase<\/strong><\/td>\n Percentage Change<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1%<\/td>\n $0<\/td>\n $0<\/td>\n $0<\/td>\n 0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2%<\/td>\n $0<\/td>\n $0<\/td>\n $0<\/td>\n 0.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3%<\/td>\n $200<\/td>\n $25<\/td>\n $175<\/td>\n 700.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4%<\/td>\n $1,636<\/td>\n $1,260<\/td>\n $376<\/td>\n 29.84%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5%<\/td>\n $3,000<\/td>\n $2,500<\/td>\n $500<\/td>\n 20.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 6%<\/td>\n $4,800<\/td>\n $4,000<\/td>\n $800<\/td>\n 20.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7%<\/td>\n $6,000<\/td>\n $5,000<\/td>\n $1,000<\/td>\n 20.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8%<\/td>\n $7,501<\/td>\n $6,900<\/td>\n $601<\/td>\n 8.71%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 9%<\/td>\n $9,500<\/td>\n $8,400<\/td>\n $1,100<\/td>\n 13.10%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 10%<\/td>\n $10,264<\/td>\n $10,000<\/td>\n $264<\/td>\n 2.64%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 11%<\/td>\n $12,000<\/td>\n $11,000<\/td>\n $1,000<\/td>\n 9.09%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 12%<\/td>\n $13,769<\/td>\n $12,020<\/td>\n $1,749<\/td>\n 14.55%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 13%<\/td>\n $15,000<\/td>\n $14,000<\/td>\n $1,000<\/td>\n 7.14%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 14%<\/td>\n $16,000<\/td>\n $15,000<\/td>\n $1,000<\/td>\n 6.67%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 15%<\/td>\n $17,427<\/td>\n $16,000<\/td>\n $1,427<\/td>\n 8.92%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 16%<\/td>\n $19,000<\/td>\n $17,160<\/td>\n $1,840<\/td>\n 10.72%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 17%<\/td>\n $20,000<\/td>\n $18,720<\/td>\n $1,280<\/td>\n 6.84%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 18%<\/td>\n $20,275<\/td>\n $20,000<\/td>\n $275<\/td>\n 1.38%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 19%<\/td>\n $22,000<\/td>\n $20,001<\/td>\n $1,999<\/td>\n 9.99%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 20%<\/td>\n $23,006<\/td>\n $21,030<\/td>\n $1,976<\/td>\n 9.40%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 21%<\/td>\n $24,005<\/td>\n $22,405<\/td>\n $1,600<\/td>\n 7.14%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 22%<\/td>\n $25,000<\/td>\n $24,000<\/td>\n $1,000<\/td>\n 4.17%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 23%<\/td>\n $25,440<\/td>\n $25,000<\/td>\n $440<\/td>\n 1.76%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 24%<\/td>\n $26,706<\/td>\n $25,001<\/td>\n $1,705<\/td>\n 6.82%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 25%<\/td>\n $28,000<\/td>\n $26,000<\/td>\n $2,000<\/td>\n 7.69%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 26%<\/td>\n $29,001<\/td>\n $27,025<\/td>\n $1,976<\/td>\n 7.31%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 27%<\/td>\n $30,000<\/td>\n $28,306<\/td>\n $1,694<\/td>\n 5.98%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 28%<\/td>\n $30,000<\/td>\n $30,000<\/td>\n $0<\/td>\n 0.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 29%<\/td>\n $30,200<\/td>\n $30,000<\/td>\n $200<\/td>\n 0.67%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 30%<\/td>\n $31,711<\/td>\n $30,002<\/td>\n $1,709<\/td>\n 5.70%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 31%<\/td>\n $32,880<\/td>\n $30,780<\/td>\n $2,100<\/td>\n 6.82%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 32%<\/td>\n $34,002<\/td>\n $32,000<\/td>\n $2,002<\/td>\n 6.26%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 33%<\/td>\n $35,000<\/td>\n $33,000<\/td>\n $2,000<\/td>\n 6.06%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 34%<\/td>\n $35,200<\/td>\n $34,055<\/td>\n $1,145<\/td>\n 3.36%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 35%<\/td>\n $36,100<\/td>\n $35,000<\/td>\n $1,100<\/td>\n 3.14%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 36%<\/td>\n $37,500<\/td>\n $35,046<\/td>\n $2,454<\/td>\n 7.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 37%<\/td>\n $39,000<\/td>\n $36,007<\/td>\n $2,993<\/td>\n 8.31%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 38%<\/td>\n $40,000<\/td>\n $37,471<\/td>\n $2,529<\/td>\n 6.75%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 39%<\/td>\n $40,001<\/td>\n $38,483<\/td>\n $1,518<\/td>\n 3.94%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 40%<\/td>\n $40,438<\/td>\n $40,000<\/td>\n $438<\/td>\n 1.10%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 41%<\/td>\n $42,000<\/td>\n $40,000<\/td>\n $2,000<\/td>\n 5.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 42%<\/td>\n $43,000<\/td>\n $40,075<\/td>\n $2,925<\/td>\n 7.30%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 43%<\/td>\n $44,651<\/td>\n $41,360<\/td>\n $3,291<\/td>\n 7.96%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 44%<\/td>\n $45,005<\/td>\n $42,480<\/td>\n $2,525<\/td>\n 5.94%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 45%<\/td>\n $46,000<\/td>\n $44,075<\/td>\n $1,925<\/td>\n 4.37%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 46%<\/td>\n $47,148<\/td>\n $45,000<\/td>\n $2,148<\/td>\n 4.77%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 47%<\/td>\n $48,400<\/td>\n $45,600<\/td>\n $2,800<\/td>\n 6.14%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 48%<\/td>\n $50,000<\/td>\n $47,000<\/td>\n $3,000<\/td>\n 6.38%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 49%<\/td>\n $50,001<\/td>\n $48,011<\/td>\n $1,990<\/td>\n 4.14%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 50%<\/td>\n $50,200<\/td>\n $50,000<\/td>\n $200<\/td>\n 0.40%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 51%<\/td>\n $51,320<\/td>\n $50,000<\/td>\n $1,320<\/td>\n 2.64%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 52%<\/td>\n $52,500<\/td>\n $50,030<\/td>\n $2,470<\/td>\n 4.94%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 53%<\/td>\n $54,050<\/td>\n $51,001<\/td>\n $3,049<\/td>\n 5.98%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 54%<\/td>\n $55,002<\/td>\n $52,010<\/td>\n $2,992<\/td>\n 5.75%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 55%<\/td>\n $56,030<\/td>\n $53,340<\/td>\n $2,690<\/td>\n 5.04%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 56%<\/td>\n $58,000<\/td>\n $55,000<\/td>\n $3,000<\/td>\n 5.45%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 57%<\/td>\n $60,000<\/td>\n $55,442<\/td>\n $4,558<\/td>\n 8.22%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 58%<\/td>\n $60,001<\/td>\n $57,000<\/td>\n $3,001<\/td>\n 5.26%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 59%<\/td>\n $60,265<\/td>\n $58,402<\/td>\n $1,863<\/td>\n 3.19%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 60%<\/td>\n $62,000<\/td>\n $60,000<\/td>\n $2,000<\/td>\n 3.33%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 61%<\/td>\n $63,505<\/td>\n $60,009<\/td>\n $3,496<\/td>\n 5.83%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 62%<\/td>\n $65,010<\/td>\n $60,500<\/td>\n $4,510<\/td>\n 7.45%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 63%<\/td>\n $66,516<\/td>\n $62,200<\/td>\n $4,316<\/td>\n 6.94%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 64%<\/td>\n $68,504<\/td>\n $64,351<\/td>\n $4,153<\/td>\n 6.45%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 65%<\/td>\n $70,001<\/td>\n $65,160<\/td>\n $4,841<\/td>\n 7.43%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 66%<\/td>\n $70,984<\/td>\n $67,005<\/td>\n $3,979<\/td>\n 5.94%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 67%<\/td>\n $72,879<\/td>\n $69,400<\/td>\n $3,479<\/td>\n 5.01%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 68%<\/td>\n $75,000<\/td>\n $70,012<\/td>\n $4,988<\/td>\n 7.12%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 69%<\/td>\n $75,850<\/td>\n $71,250<\/td>\n $4,600<\/td>\n 6.46%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 70%<\/td>\n $78,155<\/td>\n $73,251<\/td>\n $4,904<\/td>\n 6.69%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 71%<\/td>\n $80,002<\/td>\n $75,010<\/td>\n $4,992<\/td>\n 6.66%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 72%<\/td>\n $81,289<\/td>\n $76,272<\/td>\n $5,017<\/td>\n 6.58%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 73%<\/td>\n $83,917<\/td>\n $79,007<\/td>\n $4,910<\/td>\n 6.21%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 74%<\/td>\n $85,875<\/td>\n $80,031<\/td>\n $5,844<\/td>\n 7.30%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 75%<\/td>\n $88,710<\/td>\n $82,001<\/td>\n $6,709<\/td>\n 8.18%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 76%<\/td>\n $90,480<\/td>\n $85,000<\/td>\n $5,480<\/td>\n 6.45%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 77%<\/td>\n $93,279<\/td>\n $86,616<\/td>\n $6,663<\/td>\n 7.69%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 78%<\/td>\n $96,220<\/td>\n $90,000<\/td>\n $6,220<\/td>\n 6.91%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 79%<\/td>\n $100,000<\/td>\n $91,753<\/td>\n $8,247<\/td>\n 8.99%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 80%<\/td>\n $100,850<\/td>\n $95,042<\/td>\n $5,808<\/td>\n 6.11%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 81%<\/td>\n $104,001<\/td>\n $98,500<\/td>\n $5,501<\/td>\n 5.58%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 82%<\/td>\n $108,001<\/td>\n $100,027<\/td>\n $7,974<\/td>\n 7.97%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 83%<\/td>\n $111,200<\/td>\n $101,502<\/td>\n $9,698<\/td>\n 9.55%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 84%<\/td>\n $115,601<\/td>\n $105,269<\/td>\n $10,332<\/td>\n 9.81%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 85%<\/td>\n $120,012<\/td>\n $110,012<\/td>\n $10,000<\/td>\n 9.09%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 86%<\/td>\n $124,051<\/td>\n $115,000<\/td>\n $9,051<\/td>\n 7.87%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 87%<\/td>\n $129,800<\/td>\n $120,002<\/td>\n $9,798<\/td>\n 8.16%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 88%<\/td>\n $135,003<\/td>\n $124,020<\/td>\n $10,983<\/td>\n 8.86%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 89%<\/td>\n $141,006<\/td>\n $130,002<\/td>\n $11,004<\/td>\n 8.46%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 90%<\/td>\n $150,000<\/td>\n $135,605<\/td>\n $14,395<\/td>\n 10.62%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 91%<\/td>\n $154,000<\/td>\n $144,597<\/td>\n $9,403<\/td>\n 6.50%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 92%<\/td>\n $163,209<\/td>\n $150,526<\/td>\n $12,683<\/td>\n 8.43%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 93%<\/td>\n $175,000<\/td>\n $160,000<\/td>\n $15,000<\/td>\n 9.38%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 94%<\/td>\n $186,360<\/td>\n $171,045<\/td>\n $15,315<\/td>\n 8.95%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 95%<\/td>\n $201,050<\/td>\n $187,506<\/td>\n $13,544<\/td>\n 7.22%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 96%<\/td>\n $221,030<\/td>\n $204,100<\/td>\n $16,930<\/td>\n 8.29%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 97%<\/td>\n $251,415<\/td>\n $236,252<\/td>\n $15,163<\/td>\n 6.42%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 98%<\/td>\n $304,010<\/td>\n $294,001<\/td>\n $10,009<\/td>\n 3.40%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 99%<\/td>\n $430,000<\/td>\n $407,500<\/td>\n $22,500<\/td>\n 5.52%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n Methodology on 2024 United States Household Income Brackets<\/span><\/h2>\n
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