2025 income · Census CPS ASEC 2026
Household income by age
What counts, and who is the householder
Count the money income of everyone in the household, received on a regular basis before taxes and other deductions. Leave out capital gains and noncash benefits. The householder is the person in whose name the home is owned or rented; the age groups use that person’s age. These are Census Bureau definitions.
Each tick is one household in 100, from lowest to highest 2025 income. The curve above them is what each one made, on a scale that spreads out the lower incomes.
The same income, two crowds
Each card is its own line of 100. Pick an age above to compare with households headed by someone that age.
Median household income by age of householder, 2025
The ± figure is the survey’s 90% margin of error. This page reads its medians straight from the household records, the same way as the household income calculator; the Census Bureau interpolates within $2,500 brackets, so its published medians differ slightly, and each one here is within its margin of error.
| Age of householder | Median | Census published | Households surveyed |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | $87,288 ± $1,096 | $87,460 ± $1,040 | 53,344 |
| 15 to 24 | $60,400 ± $2,043 | $60,870 ± $1,573 | 1,777 |
| 25 to 34 | $94,502 ± $2,691 | $94,880 ± $2,847 | 7,355 |
| 35 to 44 | $114,000 ± $2,910 | $114,100 ± $3,053 | 9,822 |
| 45 to 54 | $120,000 ± $3,148 | $120,100 ± $3,024 | 8,952 |
| 55 to 64 | $99,000 ± $2,664 | $99,320 ± $2,701 | 8,834 |
| 65 or older | $59,644 ± $1,144 | $59,680 ± $1,093 | 16,604 |
Household income at selected percentiles, by age, 2025
| Age of householder | p10 | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | $20,005 | $43,708 | $87,288 | $159,510 | $261,248 |
| 15 to 24 | $13,503 | $34,000 | $60,400 | $100,000 | $155,242 |
| 25 to 34 | $30,000 | $54,089 | $94,502 | $150,540 | $226,001 |
| 35 to 44 | $30,209 | $60,625 | $114,000 | $191,250 | $304,200 |
| 45 to 54 | $28,800 | $61,760 | $120,000 | $208,058 | $324,831 |
| 55 to 64 | $20,184 | $48,014 | $99,000 | $177,730 | $286,780 |
| 65 or older | $15,420 | $28,918 | $59,644 | $113,126 | $199,708 |
Age groups rank no finer than their top 5%; all households together rank to the top 1%. For your state, use the household income calculator and choose a state. For your own pay, use the salary percentile calculator.