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Money Guy Show

Average Net Worth By Age! (2026 Edition)

Money Guy Show

Brian Preston, CPA, CFP®, PFS and Bo Hanson, CFA, CFP® | Fee-Only Fiduciary Advisors

Education, Investing, Business

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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We're back with a new edition of an annual favorite: Net Worth By Age! We take a look at the net worth of Americans at every decade by both average and median. Then we take a look at how much Americans have in terms of financial assets and compare that to our Money Guy Milestones. See how you stack up and if you are on track to reach your financial goals! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jump start your journey with our FREE financial resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reach your goals faster with our products⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Take the relationship to the next level: become a client⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe on YouTube for early access and go beyond the podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with us on social media for more content⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bring confidence to your wealth building with simplified strategies from The Money Guy. Learn how to apply financial tactics that go beyond common sense and help you reach your money goals faster. Make your assets do the heavy lifting so you can quit worrying and start living a more fulfilled life. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DRINKAG1.com/MONEYGUY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:12.5

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0:15.2

It's our favorite time of year, net worth by age.

0:18.3

But here's the question, is your net worth above or below average?

0:22.0

Brent, I am so excited because we know just how powerful knowing and tracking your net worth can be

0:28.2

to your overall wealth building journey. And you may be wondering how your net worth stacks up to

0:34.2

your peers. So today, we're going to walk you through average net worth by age

0:38.5

and we'll even go a level deeper and give you some targets for what your net worth should be.

0:43.8

And with that, let's jump right in.

0:51.6

So, Brian, for those that are new here, let's start at the very beginning. What exactly is net worth?

0:57.7

And very simply, the equation for net worth is not a complicated thing. It is what you own

1:04.6

minus what you owe. You take the things that you own, you subtract out how much you owe on those

1:09.5

things, and that gives you your total net worth. Well, let's go even deeper in that, but let's walk them through. What is actually what you own so that people can actually put some flavors to that? So the very first thing on most people's net worth, I'm they start with, on the asset column, or the value of your cash account. So this would be like checking account, savings accounts, high yield accounts, money market accounts. You go through those liquid cash accounts and then

1:31.9

you get into the investment accounts. These are going to be the after tax accounts like

1:35.9

brokerage, your tax deferred, like your 401k, 403B, CEP IRAs, and then you get to your tax

1:42.6

free. These are your Roths or the HSA-invested portion of your

1:47.5

HSA. And then you get into the ill-liquid stuff. You get into things like business interests,

1:53.1

if you're a small business owner, if you have some sort of ownership in a business, and you even

1:58.0

get into things like real estate, whether it be your primary residence

2:01.4

or investment real estate, like commercial or residential real estate.

2:05.5

Now, but we are known for, and this is a hot take, is that people kind of get on to us because

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