YOUR AGE SAYS MORE ABOUT YOUR INCOME THAN YOU THINK

A clear look at income trends by age and what they reveal

Sanjeev P.

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Jan 15, 2026

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In this story, we’re talking about the average income by age, and I’m also going to show you exactly where the bottom 25%, middle 50%, 75th, 90th, and top 1% fall at every single decade of life.

This is all according to the most recent data from DQYDJ for the end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026.

AVERAGE INCOME BY AGE

And I will be sharing three for every age range that actually move the needle on your income and your net worth.

So whether you’re in your 20s, 40s, 60s, or anything in between, I have something for you in this story.

And as always, timestamps will be below. If you'd like to skip ahead to your age and see how you stack up, you can do that.

DECADE OF YOUR 20s

All right, starting with the 20s here, you can see that the incomes at age 20 versus 29, there’s actually a huge difference.