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Is $2 million a good net worth at 27?

$2 million at 27 is in the top 1% for that age, in the top 1% of households headed by someone aged 24 to 30. Below: the full line at 27, how the same amount ranks at other ages, and what keeps the same rank later.

Short answer: $2 million at 27 is in the top 1% for that age: it is in the top 1% of households headed by someone aged 24 to 30, where the median is $34,000 and the top 10% starts at $305,600 (Federal Reserve, 2025).

$2 million against households headed by someone aged 24 to 30

$2 million sits around the top 1% at 27. The median is $34,000, the top 25% starts at $123,100 and the top 10% at $305,600.

Net worth, households headed by someone aged 24 to 30 (309 surveyed households)
Point in the lineNet worth$2 million is
10th percentile-$12,600$2,012,600 above
25th percentile$2,800$1,997,200 above
Median$34,000$1,966,000 above
75th percentile$123,100$1,876,900 above
90th percentile (top 10%)$305,600$1,694,400 above
95th percentile (top 5%)$401,800$1,598,200 above
99th percentile (top 1%)$842,000$1,158,000 above
Average$101,800$1,898,200 above

$2 million at other ages

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

Where $2 million ranks at each age
AgeMedian at that age$2 million is
25$21,300Top 1%
27$34,000Top 1%
30$52,100Top 1%
35$106,10095th percentile
40$182,20094th percentile
45$203,90090th percentile
50$232,20087th percentile
55$253,30085th percentile
60$368,00081st percentile
65$552,20080th percentile
70$412,40080th percentile

What keeps the same rank later

$2 million is already in the top 1% at 27. The top 1% starts at $842,000 at 27 and $22,311,200 at 67.

Other amounts and ages

At 27: $100,000, $200,000, $300,000, $500,000, $1 million, $2 million. $2 million at: 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 60, 65. Every point in the line at 27 is on net worth at 27. How $2 million ranks among all households is on is $2 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 $2 million a good net worth at 27?
Against people your age it is in the top 1%: in the top 1% of households headed by someone aged 24 to 30. The median there is $34,000 and the top 10% starts at $305,600 (Federal Reserve, 2025).
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.