U.S. quarterly wealth distribution 1989-2023, by income percentile

Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 17, 2024

In the first quarter of 2024, the top ten percent of earners in the United States held 67 percent of total wealth. This is fairly consistent with the fourth quarter of 2023. Comparatively, the wealth of the bottom 50 percent of earners has been slowly increasing since the start of the 2010s, though remains low. Wealth distribution in the United States by generation can be found here.

Distribution of net wealth in the United States from Q4 1989 to Q1 2024, by income percentile

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June 2024

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United States

Survey time period

Q4 1989 to Q1 2024

Supplementary notes

Data are percentages of the aggregate net wealth, not seasonally adjusted.
Release date is the date accessed.

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