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Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 22, 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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