What income data does this percentile calculator use?

Percentile ranks come from U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) Table B20001 individual earnings distributions. IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) AGI percentile floors are shown separately as a cross-check reference.

Can I compare my salary in a specific city?

Yes. Select a city with verified ACS coverage to rank your gross annual income against local individual earnings. If a city is unavailable, the tool falls back to state then national ACS distributions and labels the geography used.

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Income Percentile Calculator — Where Does Your Salary Rank?

Enter gross annual income and optional geography to see your percentile rank from Census ACS individual earnings data.

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How geography fallback works

The tool uses the most granular verified geography available: city, then state, then United States. Each result labels the ACS table, vintage, and geographic level actually used. IRS SOI adjusted gross income percentile floors are shown separately as a cross-check and are typically 2–3 years behind ACS.

Dataset refresh date in repo: 2026-07-07. Reviewed by Kevin Marshall, CPA (Arizona CPA License #15690).

City-level IRS SOI cross-checks compare ACS B19001 household median income to SOI ZIP-code median AGI estimated from IRS AGI size-class return counts (median vs median). State/national gates compare ACS B20001 individual earnings p50 to SOI AGI p50.

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