Here's how much money Americans have in savings at every income level
The average American household has $175,510 in savings as of June 2018.
That may sound like a lot, but an average can't tell the whole story, since millions of families have nothing put away at all while others manage to be super-savers. Indeed, as it turns out, the median American household has only $11,700.
Those numbers come from personal finance site MagnifyMoney, which used data from the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) to estimate the average and median household balances in various types of banking and retirement savings accounts.
MagnifyMoney also broke down the average and median balances by income. Not surprisingly, the wealthiest Americans have significantly more in savings:
"Although the average American household has saved roughly $175,000 in various types of savings accounts, only the top 10 percent to 20 percent of earners will likely have savings levels approaching or exceeding that amount," MagnifyMoney reports.
It notes that "29 percent of households have less than $1,000 in savings."
Here's the breakdown of how much American households have saved at every income level:
Top 1 percent
Average (all households): $2.5 million
Average (households with savings): $2.5 million
Median (all households): $1.13 million
Median (households with savings): $1.16 million
Top 10 percent
Average (all households): $961,570
Average (households with savings): $989,430
Median (all households): $156,510
Median (households with savings): $173,860
60 to 79.9 percent
Average (all households): $133,770
Average (households with savings): $148,600
Median (all households): $77,020
Median (households with savings): $96,800
40 to 59.9 percent
Average (all households): $65,830
Average (households with savings): $82,730
Median (all households): $34,020
Median (households with savings): $54,930
20 to 39.9 percent
Average (all households): $29,080
Average (households with savings): $46,950
Median (all households): $0
Median (households with savings): $26,450
Bottom 20 percent
Average (all households): $8,720
Average (households with savings): $22,600
Median (all households): $0
Median (households with savings): $0
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