How it works

You enter a household income; the tool tells you the share of US households that earn less. Nothing is uploaded or stored, the math runs entirely in your browser.

The data

Household income percentiles come from the U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS ASEC), 2024, the standard source for the US income distribution. The median US household earns $80,020; it takes about $234,769 to reach the top 10 percent and about $631,500 to reach the top 1 percent. We interpolate between the published percentile points to place your income on the curve.

What it means, and what it doesn't

This is pre-tax household income, not wealth or net worth. It does not adjust for where you live or how many people the income supports, and the same salary feels very different in Manhattan than in rural Mississippi. Treat it as perspective, not a verdict. A global comparison (how you rank against the whole world) is coming next.

Independent project, not affiliated with the U.S. Census Bureau. Content is made with the help of AI tools and reviewed by a person before publishing.