what is the average americans net worth
Then, you net worth is $40,070. The average American's net worth is approx. $37,000. <br /><br /><b>Net worth is:</b><br /> All your assets (bank account balances, stocks, bonds, accounts receivable, cold hard cash, the value of your physical possessions, such as cars, houses, jewelry, expensive clothing, computers.
The typical American household has been getting poorer, too. The inflation-adjusted net worth for the typical household was $87,992 in 2003. Ten years later, it was only $56,335, or a 36 percent decline, according to a study financed by the Russell Sage Foundation.For households at that level, 95 percent of the population had less wealth.) It found that for this well-do-do slice of the population, household net worth increased 14 percent over the same 10 years.