<p>About 90% of the population has very little or negative savings. The savings is driven by the upper middle class which typically saves 10% or so of pretax income. You can look at the net worth percentiles here to get a rough idea:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.shnugi.com/networth-percentile-calculator/" rel="nofollow">http://www.shnugi.com/networth-percentile-calculator/</a></p>

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2016-02-15T00:58:08.517Z
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D J Sims
<h2>How much do people save?</h2>

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<a href="http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/2014-report-economic-well-being-us-households-201505.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2014, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, p. 22</a></p>

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2016-02-15T11:33:46.500Z
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BKay
<p>I know the average saving rate in the US is ~5%, but I'm curious about the distribution. An ideal answer would be a histogram with the data broken down by what proportion of population are saving at what percentage.</p>

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What does the distribution of the savings rate in America look like?
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# What does the distribution of the savings rate in America look like?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-14)

I know the average saving rate in the US is ~5%, but I'm curious about the distribution. An ideal answer would be a histogram with the data broken down by what proportion of population are saving at what percentage.

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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-02-15. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

## How much do people save?

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[Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2014, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, p. 22](http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/2014-report-economic-well-being-us-households-201505.pdf)


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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-02-15. Score: 0

About 90% of the population has very little or negative savings. The savings is driven by the upper middle class which typically saves 10% or so of pretax income. You can look at the net worth percentiles here to get a rough idea:

<http://www.shnugi.com/networth-percentile-calculator/>


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