Median income
USD 52,8062024 · Published threshold
US · USD · 2024
United States Income Percentiles 2024: Median & Top 1%
The 2024 WID-based median annual income in United States is USD 52,806, or USD 4,401 when divided by 12. The annual top-1% entry threshold is USD 583,732. These are pre-tax national-income estimates for equal-split adults aged 20+, not employee salaries or household incomes.
Median income, average salary and income percentiles
The median is the 50th-percentile boundary, with half of adults below it and half above. The imported dataset contains percentile thresholds, not an arithmetic mean. Averaging these boundaries does not produce an average salary. A top-1% threshold is the entry boundary, not the average income of the richest 1%.
CountryUnited States
Annual pre-tax incomeUSD
Data sourceWID.world · 2024
United States income thresholds
Selected published WID thresholds. Amounts are annual pre-tax national income, not take-home salary. Monthly equivalents divide the annual amount by 12.
| Approximate rank | Annual income (USD) | Monthly equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| Top 50% | USD 52,806 | USD 4,401 |
| Top 25% | USD 100,188 | USD 8,349 |
| Top 10% | USD 174,245 | USD 14,520 |
| Top 5% | USD 253,031 | USD 21,086 |
| Top 1% | USD 583,732 | USD 48,644 |
| Top 0.1% | USD 2,746,548 | USD 228,879 |
Income data: 2024 · PPP: 2024 · World: 2024
How is it calculated?
Annual pre-tax national income for equal-split adults aged 20+. This WID concept is broader than salary. Country rank uses local thresholds; worldwide rank uses WID purchasing-power conversion. We use logarithmic interpolation between points and extrapolation outside them.
This estimate is outside the published threshold range; it uses extrapolation and is more uncertain.
Amounts use each country's own currency and data year. This is a rank comparison, not an exchange-rate, cost-of-living or relocation estimate.
Income tiers
The tier names are a RankMyIncome display system, not official WID classifications.
Diamond: Top 10% · Master: Top 5% · Grandmaster: Top 1% · Challenger: Top 0.1%
Data source: WID.world · Methodology (English)
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Top 14.28%USD PPP 52,806 · 2024
Top 1% threshold / median
11.05×2024
Reading income data for United States
Employee pay and adult income answer different questions. The US WID thresholds here use adult pre-tax national income; they are not household-income cutoffs or a wage distribution for full-time employees. Use the table for national-income context and a source with the right population for a pay comparison.
US Census income statistics · Income vs salary percentile
Income distribution explorer
Published in the imported WID series. Annual pre-tax national income, not net salary.
p10
USD 9,722Published threshold
p25
USD 25,450Published threshold
p50
USD 52,806Published threshold
p75
USD 100,188Published threshold
p90
USD 174,245Published threshold
p95
USD 253,031Published threshold
p99
USD 583,732Published threshold
p99.9
USD 2,746,548Published threshold
Common questions
What is the median income in United States?
USD 52,806 · 2024. Published in the imported WID series. Annual pre-tax national income, not net salary.
What is the top 10% income in United States?
USD 174,245 · 2024. Published in the imported WID series. Annual pre-tax national income, not net salary.
Is this a salary percentile?
WID pre-tax national income is broader than salary. These are adult income ranks, not employee salary percentiles.
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Compare adult median income
These US thresholds describe individual equal-split adults, not households or full-time workers. A household income cannot be assigned a household percentile with this table. The United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia comparison uses purchasing-power-adjusted national-income medians.
| Country | Median (USD PPP) | Income / PPP year |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 52,806 | 2024 / 2024 |
| Canada | 56,641.29 | 2024 / 2024 |
| United Kingdom | 53,114.27 | 2024 / 2024 |
| Australia | 60,513.31 | 2024 / 2024 |
The top-10% threshold is 3.3 times the median; the top-1% threshold is 11.05 times the median. These ratios compare income boundaries, not shares of total income.
Sources and interpretation
Monthly equivalents divide annual income by 12; they are not take-home pay. PPP compares national price levels, not current exchange rates or personal living costs. WID estimates may be revised.
WID.world · tptinc992j / tptincj992 · 2024 · USD. PPP: xlcusp999i / xlcuspi999 · 2024.
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