Net Worth
$385KTop 42%PeakWorth
$4.2M+$182KNet Worth
$385KTop 42%PeakWorth
$4.2M+$182KFI Age
50y 1m-11moMean income looks bigger than median because top earners pull the average up. See both — and the percentile that actually describes your peers.
Median U.S. household income
~$80,600
Mean U.S. household income
~$115,000
Median individual income
~$45,000
Source
U.S. Census ACS
The median is the literal middle household; the mean is pulled up by ultra-high earners. The 30%+ gap between them is one of the cleanest signals of how skewed U.S. income really is — and why benchmarking against the median matters more than 'average' for most decisions.
A calculator alone tells you the payment. PeakWorth tells you what that payment costs your retirement — and how every change ripples through the next 30 years of your finances.
Mean is ~$115K; median is ~$80,600. The median is more representative of the typical household.
Top earners (especially the top 1%) pull the mean up dramatically. The median ignores them and shows the actual middle.
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