Total wealth of respondent

wealth

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question 1092. Please estimate your total wealth. IF ASKED: Wealth means the value of your house plus the value of your vehicles, stocks and mutual funds, cash, checking accounts, retirement accounts including 401(k) and pension assets, and any other assets minus what you owe for your mortgage and your debts.

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	$1 million to $2 million	$100,000 to $150,000	$150,000 to $250,000	$2 million to $3 million	$20,000 to $40,000	$250,000 to $500,000	$3 million to $4 million	$40,000 to $75,000	$5 million to $10 million	$5,000 to $20,000	$500,000 to $1 million	$75,000 to $100,000	above $10 million	don't know	less than $5,000	no answer	$4 million to $5 million	skipped on web	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	1473	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	2904	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	2778	37	120	183	6	139	250	3	127	3	175	136	101	3	88	181	180	-	-	4510
2008	2023	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2023
2010	2044	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2044
2012	1974	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1974
2014	1765	18	57	69	6	80	88	1	70	2	101	49	46	3	32	97	50	4	-	2538
2016	2867	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2867
2018	900	55	89	124	18	132	181	6	144	8	181	109	81	4	53	173	85	5	-	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	2570	42	53	80	14	86	122	3	74	6	84	77	55	3	104	109	37	5	20	3544
Total	67463	152	319	456	44	437	641	13	415	19	541	371	283	13	277	560	352	14	20	72390

Values

• 1 less than $5,000

• 2 $5,000 to $20,000

• 3 $20,000 to $40,000

• 4 $40,000 to $75,000

• 5 $75,000 to $100,000

• 6 $100,000 to $150,000

• 7 $150,000 to $250,000

• 8 $250,000 to $500,000

• 9 $500,000 to $1 million

• 10 $1 million to $2 million

• 11 $2 million to $3 million

• 12 $3 million to $4 million

• 13 $4 million to $5 million

• 14 $5 million to $10 million

• 15 above $10 million

• NA(d) don't know

• NA(i) iap

• NA(j) I don't have a job

• NA(m) dk, na, iap

• NA(n) no answer

• NA(p) not imputable

• NA(q) not imputable

• NA(r) refused

• NA(s) skipped on web

• NA(u) uncodeable

• NA(x) not available in this release

• NA(y) not available in this year

• NA(z) see codebook