Richest 1% of California Households Make At Least 14 Times the Income of the Typical California Household

Average Household Income in California, 2023

Bar chart demonstrating the average California household income for the top 1%, top 5%, median, and bottom 20% of households in 2023.
Note: Household income figures at the top of the income distribution may be underestimated due to underreporting, response error, and the use of "top-coding," or maximum allowable values for some components of income. Census data also exclude capital gains income, which can be significant for high-income households.
Source: Budget Center analysis of US Census Bureau, Current Population Survey via public-use microdataDownload image