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Ranked: The Top 10 States by Average Net Worth
Visual Capitalist ^ | 03/14/2025

Posted on 03/14/2025 9:16:04 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

The average American’s net worth across all states is nearly $595,000. However, wealth levels vary among states alongside cost of living and other factors.

As Visual Capitalist's Alejandra Dander notes, according to anonymized data from nearly 2 million Empower Personal Dashboard™ users, we highlight the top ten states with the highest average net worth per person.

A closer look at average net worth

Net worth is calculated by taking what a person owns (their assets) and subtracting what they owe (their debts). Here are the leading states by net worth as of September 2024.

Connecticut has the highest net worth of nearly $920,000, but also has higher prices than the U.S. average. Meanwhile, California and Washington are the only Western states to make the top ten, and Illinois is the only one from the Midwest.

In total, U.S. household wealth hit a record of $164 trillion in the second quarter of 2024. This is an improvement over the pre-pandemic peak of $152 trillion. The increase in the second quarter was driven primarily by more than $1.7 trillion in real estate gains and $662 billion in stock gains.

Net worth goals

Nearly three-quarters of people expect to increase their net worth in 2024. This is important given that nearly half of Americans define financial independence as reaching a certain net worth. What are some strategies people plan to take to improve their finances?

When it comes to planning for the future, Americans say “dreamscrolling”—looking at dream purchases—helps them to be smarter with their money (56%) and better plan to achieve their financial goals (25%).

Building wealth

In order to build net worth, Americans can focus on both reducing debt and increasing savings and investment contributions. Tax-optimized retirement savings accounts like IRAs and 401(k)s can play a critical role in building net worth.

Apart from the tax advantages, nearly all companies with 401(k) offer some kind of matching contribution based on how much an employee contributes. Yet only 35% of people are contributing enough to get their employer match, suggesting workers should take a closer look to avoid leaving money on the table.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: asset; income; networth; wealth

1 posted on 03/14/2025 9:16:04 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
"Yet only 35% of people are contributing enough to get their employer match..."


2 posted on 03/14/2025 9:22:10 PM PDT by Round Earther
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To: SeekAndFind

A lot of super rich who work in Manhattan live in Connecticut


3 posted on 03/14/2025 9:38:51 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: SeekAndFind

Odd. A quick search shows average U.S. net worth at over $1M. Median is much lower.


4 posted on 03/14/2025 9:44:44 PM PDT by Right Brother (I don't really care Margaret.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Median, not Average, dummies.


5 posted on 03/14/2025 9:59:07 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Islam’s Strategy is Effective: Out-breed and murder everyone else. What to do?)
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To: SeekAndFind

And now line that data up with a chart showing the states with the highest cost of living....


6 posted on 03/14/2025 10:01:01 PM PDT by mn-bush-man
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To: SeekAndFind

the handful of billionaires throws off the averages, show me the states with the highest median salaries.


7 posted on 03/14/2025 10:44:07 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: TexasFreeper2009

net worth I mean


8 posted on 03/14/2025 10:44:22 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: SeekAndFind
What are some strategies people plan to take to improve their finances?

  1. Prioritizing investments (80%)
  2. Asking for a raise (35%)
  3. Getting a second job (25%)
  4. REDUCING CONSUMPTION (0%)

When it comes to planning for the future, Americans say “dreamscrolling” — looking at dream purchases — helps them to be smarter with their money (56%) and better plan to achieve their financial goals (25%).

What a pant-load! "Dream-scrolling" practiced only by people figuring out what numbers to choose for tomorrow's lottery.

Notice that the article focuses solely on high-net-wealth individuals? I think that it would be quite interesting to instead examine those U.S. states with the lowest net worths, and consider what they might be doing wrong.

But that probably wouldn't be "politically correct."

This article is nothing but a "come-one" to lure in clients for some investment scheme.

Regards,

9 posted on 03/14/2025 11:33:01 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: SeekAndFind

How much of that is tied to the value of their houses? I’d bet a lot of it is. Real Estate is outrageous in several of those states.


10 posted on 03/14/2025 11:33:04 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: SeekAndFind
This was an online survey of 2,000 people. That's about 40 people per state to determine the median net worth of each state?

How many truly wealthy people take online polls anyway?

-PJ

11 posted on 03/14/2025 11:34:38 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Right Brother

That was my thought, too. “Now do Median incomes for the same states.”


12 posted on 03/15/2025 7:28:32 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: SeekAndFind
According to the Federal Reserve's 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances for Americans in all 50 states:


13 posted on 03/15/2025 7:42:53 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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To: HonkyTonkMan

I bet most of these net worth are tied to the homes they own and the amount they saved on their 401k and IRA.

Easily erased if you don’t have good health insurance and suddenly get a debilitating illness.


14 posted on 03/15/2025 7:48:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I noticed my state is not even on the list & I can certainly believe that.


15 posted on 03/15/2025 3:30:17 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: SeekAndFind
The average American’s net worth ...

The average is misleading because so much wealth is held by a low percentage of Americans. A better measure is graph that shows the distribution across percentiles.
16 posted on 03/15/2025 3:33:22 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I noticed my state is not even on the list & I can certainly believe that. Also, it is not mentioned on ones with the least net worth.


17 posted on 03/15/2025 3:35:13 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: SeekAndFind

That per person average works out to be a LOT, for a few, and average - below average for the majority.


18 posted on 03/15/2025 3:37:07 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: oldtech

Also, it is not mentioned on ones with the least net worth.


NM?

MS?


19 posted on 03/15/2025 3:37:59 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: af_vet_1981
For example:

Net Worth USA Percentiles – Top 1%, 5%, 10%, and 50%  in Net Worth
The top 1% of net worth in USA in 2025 = $11,600,000
The top 2% of net worth in USA in 2025 = $2,700,000
The top 5% of net worth in USA in 2025 = $1,170,000
The top 10% of net worth in USA in 2025 = $970,000
The top 50% of net worth in USA in 2025 = $585,000

20 posted on 03/15/2025 3:39:35 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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