The answers to this question illustrate why so many Americans are in financial trouble
In fact, according to Charles Schwab’s 2019 Modern Wealth Survey, you’d need a lot more than a mere seven figures to be viewed as wealthy these days.
Here are median and average net worth figures by age across the country, per the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances:
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