Worldwide (wealth)
Top 13%
World median: $10K (~5.5B adults)
In the US (wealth)
Top 48%
Median in the US: $88K
Wealth held by the top 1% in the US
35%
+11.6pt since 1980 (WID)
All your wealth equals an average billionaire’s
~4.8 hours of gains
~$6 per second (from UBS data)
Wealth distribution and you
World
the US
You
World top 1% threshold
Average billionaire wealth
You $100K
$100
$10K
$1M
$100M
$10B
$1T
Wealth shares over time: the US
Top 1%
Top 10%
Bottom 50%
-10%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
0%
Top 1% 34.8%
Top 10% 69.5%
Bottom 50% 1.0%
1980
2000
2024
Capital income vs employee pay (2000 = 100, real, the US)
Capital income
Employee pay (total)
Average wage per worker
60
100
140
180
220
2000 = 100
Capital 199
Labor total 148
Per worker 128
2000
2012
2024
Lines show growth since 2000 (real). In size, employee pay is about 2.4× capital income (labor share 71%, 2024).
Money in a year: from work vs from capital
From work
From capital
$49K
$240K
$170K
$74M
$50K
$5M
$180M
$65K
$1M$100M
Top CEO pay from the Equilar/AP study (2024 pay), excluding multi-year or one-time grants (Apple’s CEO). Regular stock awards are included at grant-date value.
Effective income tax by income (the US)
0%
10%
20%
30%
25.9%
<$5K
<$200K
$10M+
Figures are built from the public statistics and reports cited on each panel. Not investment advice. Operated by TenRapid.