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Is $1 million a good net worth at 33?

$1 million at 33 is in the top 5% for that age, ahead of about 95% of households headed by someone aged 31 to 35. Below: the full line at 33, how the same amount ranks at other ages, and what keeps the same rank later.

Short answer: $1 million at 33 is in the top 5% for that age: it is ahead of about 95% of households headed by someone aged 31 to 35, where the median is $76,600 and the top 10% starts at $516,700 (Federal Reserve, 2025).

$1 million against households headed by someone aged 31 to 35

$1 million sits around the 95th percentile at 33. The median is $76,600, the top 25% starts at $268,400 and the top 10% at $516,700.

Net worth, households headed by someone aged 31 to 35 (341 surveyed households)
Point in the lineNet worth$1 million is
10th percentile-$4,400$1,004,400 above
25th percentile$8,200$991,800 above
Median$76,600$923,400 above
75th percentile$268,400$731,600 above
90th percentile (top 10%)$516,700$483,300 above
95th percentile (top 5%)$910,300$89,700 above
99th percentile (top 1%)$2,788,400$1,788,400 below
Average$272,700$727,300 above

$1 million at other ages

The same amount ranks lower as households get older, because net worth usually builds into the 60s.

Where $1 million ranks at each age
AgeMedian at that age$1 million is
25$21,300Top 1%
30$52,10097th percentile
33$76,60095th percentile
35$106,10090th percentile
40$182,20087th percentile
45$203,90078th percentile
50$232,20078th percentile
55$253,30071st percentile
60$368,00068th percentile
65$552,20065th percentile
70$412,40068th percentile

What keeps the same rank later

Households at the same point in the line, around the 95th percentile, hold these amounts at later ages. It is a 2025 snapshot of different households, not a forecast for one household.

Net worth at the 95th percentile by age
AgeNet worth at the same rank
38$1,994,000
43$4,313,000
50$6,247,000
53$6,890,000
60$10,868,000
67$7,385,000

Other amounts and ages

At 33: $100,000, $200,000, $300,000, $500,000, $1 million, $2 million. $1 million at: 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 50. Every point in the line at 33 is on net worth at 33. How $1 million ranks among all households is on is $1 million a good net worth.

Figures are from the Federal Reserve’s 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, released October 2026, in 2025 dollars. Each age uses households whose head is within about two years of it, so the line moves smoothly from one age to the next. Net worth is everything owned, including home equity and retirement accounts, minus everything owed. Future Social Security and pension payments are not counted.

Figures checked on against Federal Reserve, Changes in U.S. Family Finances from 2022 to 2025 (October 2026) (PDF) and Federal Reserve, 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, public data.

Frequently asked questions

Is $1 million a good net worth at 33?
Against people your age it is in the top 5%: ahead of about 95% of households headed by someone aged 31 to 35. The median there is $76,600 and the top 10% starts at $516,700 (Federal Reserve, 2025).
What net worth keeps the same rank later?
Households at the same point in the line hold about $2,503,000 at 40, $6,247,000 at 50, $10,868,000 at 60. That is a snapshot of different households in 2025, not a forecast.
Does net worth include my home?
Yes. The survey counts home equity, retirement accounts, investments, cash, vehicles and businesses, minus debts. Future Social Security and pension payments are not included.