Got $11,000? You have more money than half of people under 35
I’m a millennial and apparently if I have more than $10,400, I have more money than half the people my age.
Reading the article is also pretty depressing when you think about people around my age.
A typical under-35-ager doesn’t invest in stocks, doesn’t own their own home, make a median income of $35,300 and the only bright spot is that they carry less credit card debt.
How do you stack up against the chart above?
30 Comments
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save. spend. splurge.
We’re freaks, PF folks. Don’t compare yourself to us because we’re in such a small pool..
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Michelle
Well that is an interesting graph. I would love to know where the information is from. It is an eye opener that is for sure.
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Jay @ ThinkingWealthy.com
That’s so sad but people just don’t understand that the road to wealth goes through compound interest. You either pay it, or you earn it.
Jay
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Frugal Lee
I was working at my mom’s restaurant at 13 a long time ago instead of getting an allowance – I wonder if I would have been included in that ‘Under 35’ group? Then it was Fast Food until 18 where I moved up to Retail. $10K definately would have been a pretty good haul any of those years.
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Danielle
Under 35 is a weird demo too though. I’m aiming to own in Toronto by the time I’m 33-35 thus my net worth will dive for awhile while I start to pay off my mortgage.
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Cassie
According to this I’m approaching the halfway mark for the 55-64 age group. That’s terrifying, because that’s the approaching retirement age!
I haven’t bypassed the median for someone with a college degree yet, but I’d be willing to bet the median age in that category is considerably higher than 30!
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Taylor Lee
That I have more than half the people in my age group (35 and under) is no surprise. That I have more than half of people between 45 and 54 is downright SCARY.
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Daisy
Thankfully I have far more than $11,000 and I’m not even close to 35. Only half of those under 35 should really have savings though; kids 17 and under shouldn’t be included in this number.
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Danielle
This is the thing about the MEDIAN and the MEAN. It can look like two very different things depending on how you read it.
“It only takes $10,400 to be wealthier than half of millennials (the median) but it takes $75,500 to be richer than millennials on average.”
So I’m wealthier than the MEDIAN but need to catch up to the AVERAGE. 🙂
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save. spend. splurge.
The average is skewed because of people like Mark Zuckerberg 🙂 I trust the median more than the mean to be honest.
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Alicia
Yeesh! Painful…
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Michelle
Wow. This is scary to see but on a good note, for my age group, I’m ahead of everyone else….I’ll have to continue the upward trend as I honestly believe that even with what I have, I’m behind.
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jp
you have to take into account that under 35 includes babies on up…. scary though! nice to see the college degrees higher.
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save. spend. splurge.
True.. but some children have a lot. Baby Bun has $1500 already and he’s not even 1.
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Charlotte
OMG those numbers are terrifying. I’m way above them, thank goodness, but that’s beyond depressing to think that so many people aren’t.
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Kandice
This is downright scary. Especially given the fact that the Under-35’s have time on their side from a compound interest standpoint.
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save. spend. splurge.
My feeling is they are trying to get out of debt too. It can really hinder savings.
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Interesting!! Unfortunately my net worth is under $11k because of my recent car loan, but I do have more than that amount in savings. I’ll be back to the networth number shortly too. Oddly this makes me feel better because compared to most people in my age range I’m doing ok. It’s just when compared to the PF people that I feel like a complete failure. I still have quite a few years in the under 35 range so I’ve got time to make a comeback!