31.6%
2026 (thru Jan) (latest)
TOP 1% WEALTH SHARE
percent of household net worth · 1989–2026 · lower is better · FRED WFRBST01134
22.9%
1989
31.6%
high · 2026
22.7%
low · 1990
+8.7 pts
since 1989
┊ dashed lines mark 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Fed Distributional Financial Accounts, share of total household net worth held by the top 1 percent, annual average of quarters. Published from 1989.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WFRBST01134
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Top 1% Wealth Share | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31.6% | +0.2 pts |
| 2025 | 31.4% | +0.6 pts |
| 2024 | 30.8% | +0.7 pts |
| 2023 | 30.1% | +0.3 pts |
| 2022 | 29.8% | −1.0 pts |
| 2021 | 30.8% | +0.9 pts |
| 2020 | 29.9% | −0.6 pts |
| 2019 | 30.5% | +0.0 pts |
| 2018 | 30.5% | −0.2 pts |
| 2017 | 30.7% | +0.0 pts |
| 2016 | 30.7% | +0.1 pts |
| 2015 | 30.6% | +0.2 pts |
| 2014 | 30.4% | +0.7 pts |
| 2013 | 29.7% | +0.2 pts |
| 2012 | 29.5% | +0.5 pts |
| 2011 | 29.0% | +0.6 pts |
| 2010 | 28.4% | +0.6 pts |
| 2009 | 27.8% | −0.4 pts |
| 2008 | 28.2% | −0.6 pts |
| 2007 | 28.8% | +0.8 pts |
| 2006 | 28.0% | +0.8 pts |
| 2005 | 27.2% | +0.4 pts |
| 2004 | 26.8% | +1.4 pts |
| 2003 | 25.4% | +0.0 pts |
| 2002 | 25.4% | −0.6 pts |
| 2001 | 26.0% | −1.4 pts |
| 2000 | 27.4% | −0.2 pts |
| 1999 | 27.6% | +0.0 pts |
| 1998 | 27.6% | +0.3 pts |
| 1997 | 27.3% | +0.1 pts |
| 1996 | 27.2% | +0.3 pts |
| 1995 | 26.9% | +1.4 pts |
| 1994 | 25.5% | +1.1 pts |
| 1993 | 24.4% | +1.1 pts |
| 1992 | 23.3% | +0.1 pts |
| 1991 | 23.2% | +0.5 pts |
| 1990 | 22.7% | −0.2 pts |
| 1989 | 22.9% | — |
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