On this page is a household income percentile calculator for the United States in 2025. Enter pre-tax (gross) household income between January and December 2024 to compare to household income percentiles in the full year.
Afterwards, visit the income percentile by state and income percentile by city calculator. Or, try the individual income calculator.
Find the methodology in the United States average income, median income, and income percentile post.
Household Income Percentile Statistics in 2025
Below, see what the household income brackets looked like for the average, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th, 95th, and 99th – (the top 1%) – percentiles in 2025 vs. 2024:
Across the board, most household income percentiles were higher (even adjusted for inflation) in 2025 versus 2024. My household income by year post lets you compare versus other years, and the above linked household income methodology and brackets post has more details on the brackets.
What was the United States average household income?
In 2025, average household income in the United States was $120,952.12.
What was the United States median household income?
In 2025, median household income in the United States was $83,592.
How many US households made $100,000 or more in 2025?
In 2025, 42.8% of households, or around 57,716,728 households, made a six-figure income.
How many US households made $250,000 or More in 2025?
About 13,685,893 households or 10.1% of all US households made $250,000 or more in 2025. It was the first year a double digit percentage of households made a quarter million or more in household income.
What was the top 10% household income percentile in 2025?
The threshold to be in the top 10% of household incomes in 2025 in the United States was $251,036.
What was the top 5% household income percentile in 2025?
The threshold to be in the top 5% of household incomes in 2025 in the United States was $335,575.
What is the top one percent household income in the US in 2025?
In 2025, the threshold for a household to be top 1% was $659,060 in earnings.
See our one percent in America article for more. Net worth is a better take on the one percent, although often one-percenter refers to income.
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See our individual income by age calculator and individual income calculator. Also see our net worth calculator and net worth by age calculator.
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Source and Methodology on the 2025 Household Income Percentile Calculator
Sarah Flood, Miriam King, Renae Rodgers, Steven Ruggles, J. Robert Warren, Daniel Backman, Etienne Breton, Grace Cooper, Julia A. Rivera Drew, Stephanie Richards, David Van Riper, and Kari C.W. Williams. IPUMS CPS: Version 13.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS, 2025. https://doi.org/10.18128/D030.V13.0
See the household income bracket article for details on methodology – but household is easier to screen for than individual income.
Want to see a past edition? Here are the archived household income calculators:
- 2024 US Household Income Calculator
- 2023 US Household Income Calculator
- 2022 US Household Income Calculator
- 2021 US Household Income Calculator
- 2020 US Household Income Calculator
- 2019 US Household Income Calculator
- 2018 US Household Income Calculator
- 2017 US Household Income Calculator
- 2016 US Household Income Calculator
Also, we have a household income by year post. Try that one first (it does inflation adjustments for you).
