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Household income percentile calculator by age

See where your household income fits, with age comparisons and the data behind them.

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Where does your household fit?

Compare annual household income with U.S. households in the same age group.

Whole dollars, before tax. Include the household’s money income, not just one salary.

The householder is a person who owns or rents the home. Which income and age should I use?

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Example · $75,000 household income

U.S. households · All householder ages

$75,000 a year before tax

Estimated position43rd–46th percentile

Your amount falls in the $75,000–$79,999 income band. The table does not tell us where each household falls inside that band.

Median for this age group
$87,460The published middle income
Estimated households
137.10mSurvey-weighted population

Census CPS ASEC 2026 · Income received in 2025
Rounded survey estimates. This band is not a confidence interval.

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All ages · U.S. households

Income bands for All ages: $75,000–$79,999 highlighted. The final band includes all incomes of $200,000 or more.Under $5,000: 2.9%$5,000–$9,999: 1.1%$10,000–$14,999: 2.9%$15,000–$19,999: 2.9%$20,000–$24,999: 3.2%$25,000–$29,999: 3.1%$30,000–$34,999: 3.2%$35,000–$39,999: 3.2%$40,000–$44,999: 3.2%$45,000–$49,999: 2.9%$50,000–$54,999: 3.5%$55,000–$59,999: 2.8%$60,000–$64,999: 3.0%$65,000–$69,999: 2.6%$70,000–$74,999: 2.8%$75,000–$79,999: 2.7%$80,000–$84,999: 2.7%$85,000–$89,999: 2.2%$90,000–$94,999: 2.4%$95,000–$99,999: 2.0%$100,000–$104,999: 2.5%$105,000–$109,999: 1.8%$110,000–$114,999: 2.0%$115,000–$119,999: 1.7%$120,000–$124,999: 1.8%$125,000–$129,999: 1.7%$130,000–$134,999: 1.5%$135,000–$139,999: 1.4%$140,000–$144,999: 1.5%$145,000–$149,999: 1.3%$150,000–$154,999: 1.6%$155,000–$159,999: 1.1%$160,000–$164,999: 1.2%$165,000–$169,999: 1.1%$170,000–$174,999: 1.1%$175,000–$179,999: 1.0%$180,000–$184,999: 1.0%$185,000–$189,999: 0.8%$190,000–$194,999: 0.8%$195,000–$199,999: 0.8%$200,000+: 17.2%17%0<$5k$50k$100k$150k$200k+

Share of households in each $5,000 band. Orange marks your band; purple combines every income of $200,000 or more.

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$75,000 a year in each householder age group. Select an age to use it above.

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Household income by age

Each cell is the estimated share of households in that age group and income band.

Scroll across on a small screen. Income bands exclude their upper limit; $200k+ has no upper limit.

2025 household money income · Age of householder
AgeUnder $25k$25–50k$50–75k$75–100k$100–125k$125–150k$150–200k$200k+
All ages12.9%15.6%14.7%12.0%9.8%7.3%10.4%17.2%
15–2417.7%20.7%21.0%15.4%9.5%5.0%5.3%5.3%
25–298.6%14.9%17.9%15.3%13.6%8.7%10.6%10.6%
30–347.4%12.5%15.9%13.1%12.1%9.4%12.4%17.2%
35–397.6%11.4%13.8%12.2%11.5%9.3%12.8%21.5%
40–447.5%10.0%13.8%11.0%9.9%8.7%13.5%25.5%
45–497.4%10.8%11.2%12.0%10.4%8.1%13.9%26.2%
50–549.3%11.1%11.0%10.9%9.3%8.0%12.8%27.7%
55–5910.1%12.0%12.6%11.3%9.8%8.3%12.7%23.3%
60–6414.4%14.6%13.9%11.1%9.6%7.3%10.5%18.4%
65–6918.8%17.9%15.7%11.1%9.0%5.8%8.5%13.2%
70–7418.6%20.8%15.9%12.4%8.1%5.7%7.4%11.0%
75+22.7%26.6%16.3%10.9%6.8%4.3%5.2%7.1%

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Median household income and source totals by age
Census HINC-02 · All races · Total households
Householder ageMedianMedian standard errorEstimated households
All ages$87,460$632137,100,000
15–24$60,870$9575,511,000
25–29$87,640$2,2549,667,000
30–34$101,100$84411,550,000
35–39$110,100$2,07212,040,000
40–44$119,300$2,14711,650,000
45–49$120,100$2,04411,030,000
50–54$120,200$3,37410,550,000
55–59$109,000$2,73011,150,000
60–64$89,260$2,04012,020,000
65–69$71,400$1,45212,360,000
70–74$66,030$1,74711,030,000
75+$50,880$89318,500,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2026 CPS ASEC, HINC-02. Income year 2025; households as of March 2026. Weighted estimates, not sample counts. Source rounding means parts may not sum to totals. Standard error describes uncertainty in the median, not the spread of household incomes.

Use the income percentile calculator

Enter your annual household money income before tax, in whole U.S. dollars. Choose the householder's age group, or use All ages for the national household reference. Select Find my income percentile to see the band containing your amount.

The distribution chart highlights that income band. The age comparison applies the same dollar amount to each published age group; selecting a group updates the result above. Those are different household populations in one survey, not a prediction of how your income will change as you age.

The income heatmap shows the whole distribution in wider bands. Darker cells contain a larger share of that age group's households. Rows use their own denominators, so compare the printed percentages rather than treating a cell as a count. The $150,000–$200,000 column spans a wider dollar interval, and the $200,000+ column is open-ended.

Income method

This tool uses the U.S. Census Bureau's HINC-02 household income table, Total households / All races, from the 2026 CPS Annual Social and Economic Supplement. It reports income received in 2025, with households as of March 2026. The all-age table represents an estimated 137.1 million households. This is a weighted population estimate, not the number interviewed.

The calculator retains the table's 41 income bands and twelve nonoverlapping age groups, from 15–24 to 75+. The all-age reference includes those groups. Published counts are rounded in thousands; we preserve their values and the published group totals. Parts can differ slightly from totals because of rounding.

For a given amount, the lower percentile is the sum of the income bands below its band, divided by the selected group's total. The upper percentile also includes its own band. We round the lower percentage down and the upper percentage up to whole numbers. We do not assume incomes are evenly distributed within a band. These are approximate bounds from a rounded survey table, not confidence limits or a count of households with your exact income.

The first band includes all incomes under $5,000, including zero and negative net money income. The last combines every income of $200,000 or more. Neither supports an exact rank in its tail. Median incomes are copied from the source's separate published median row; they are not estimated from our chart. The source totals and standard errors remain available beside the chart.

Which income and age should I use?

Census money income includes regular cash income before tax and payroll deductions. Household income combines the amounts received by members age 15 and over, including unrelated members. It can include wages, net self-employment income, interest and cash retirement or benefit income. Capital gains and noncash benefits are outside this measure. Use an annual total; a monthly paycheck alone is not comparable.

The CPS definitions define the householder through ownership or rental of the home. Age here is that person's age, not the average of all household members or necessarily the age of its highest earner.

This is a national household comparison, without adjustments for household size or cost of living. It is not an individual salary percentile, net-worth estimate, tax calculation or assessment of financial wellbeing. Current-dollar inputs are compared with 2025 amounts without an inflation conversion.

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Download the median income chart or complete income-band CSV for all thirteen references. The CSV preserves each group's official denominator, median and median standard error. The heatmap's broader bands are sums of the corresponding source rows.

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For another example of how a reference population changes a percentile, explore adult height by age. The state-language explorer shows why geography also matters to a comparison. Each tool has its own source and method; we do not combine their results into personal rarity odds.

Good questions

Is this an individual salary or household income calculator?

It compares household money income, combining income received by household members age 15 and over, before tax. It does not rank one salary among individual workers. Use the age of the householder, a person in whose name the home is owned or rented.

Why is my income percentile a range?

The Census table groups incomes into bands. It cannot locate an exact amount within a band. We calculate cumulative shares below and through that band, rounding the displayed bounds outward to whole percentiles. The range reflects the grouped table, not a statistical confidence interval.

Which year's income does this compare?

The reference is money income received in 2025, reported in the 2026 Census Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Households are described as of March 2026. Entering a current income compares its dollar amount with that historical reference; we do not automatically adjust for inflation.

Can this find my exact percentile above $200,000?

No. HINC-02 combines all household incomes of $200,000 or more in one open-ended band. The tool shows a lower percentile bound, not a precise rank or a top-one-percent claim.

Does the comparison adjust for household size or where I live?

No. These are national household estimates grouped by the householder's age. They do not adjust for household size, local costs, working hours, wealth or living standards. A percentile describes this income distribution, not how comfortably someone can live.