Income Percentile Calculator
Enter your annual personal income to see what share of US adults earn less than you. The result uses the same Census CPS and BLS income curves the calculator runs on, covering all adults rather than only full-time workers.
Your income percentile
53th
You earn more than about 53% of US men. Around 47.0% earn at least $50,000.
How the income percentile is calculated
The tool reads your income against the survival curve for your sex, which records the share of adults earning at least each amount. Your percentile is the share earning less than you. Because the curves cover all adults 18 and older, including part-time workers and non-earners, they reflect the real pool a dating filter selects from.
For context, about 18 percent of US men earn $100,000 or more individually, and only about 4.8 percent clear $200,000. The median for men sits near $50,000, so a six-figure income already places a man well up the distribution.
What the number means for dating
Income is one of the two sharpest filters in a dating pool, alongside height. A $100,000 minimum keeps fewer than one in five men, and stacking it with a height bar collapses the pool into low single digits. See the compounding in the male delusion calculator and the female delusion calculator, and read our high earner statistics.
Frequently asked questions
What is an income percentile?
An income percentile is the share of a population who earn less than you. The 80th percentile means you out-earn 80 percent of adults of that sex.
What percentage of men earn $100k?
About 18 percent of US men earn $100,000 or more individually. That falls to about 4.8 percent at $200,000 and under 1 percent at $500,000.
Does this use full-time workers or all adults?
It uses all adults 18 and older, including part-time and non-earners. That is the population a dating filter actually draws from, so the percentile reflects the real pool.
Is the income data for men and women separate?
Yes. Men and women have different earnings curves, so the tool applies the curve for the sex you select, and the female upper tail is thinner.
Which is rarer, six feet or six figures?
They are close for men. About 14.5 percent reach 6 feet while about 18 percent earn $100,000 or more, so height is slightly scarcer.
Is this US income data?
Yes. It uses US personal income from Census CPS and BLS. Earnings and percentiles differ substantially by country and by US state.