Benchmarks · Investments · 42–45 · Engineering

Investments for Engineering professionals aged 42–45 in the U.S.

Everything invested in markets — brokerage, retirement accounts and employer plans combined.

Modeled estimate · federal survey data

Household-level figures: the underlying survey (Fed SCF) measures households, grouped by the reference person's age — combined for a couple, and they read high for a single person. Why, and how this changes as live data grows.

Median

$34K

Upper quarter

$267K

Top 10%

$953K

Half of Engineering professionals aged 42–45 in the U.S. have a total invested above $33,750. Reaching the upper quarter takes about $267,305, and the top 10% starts at $953,025 — roughly 28.2× the median. The lower quarter sits below $0, and the bottom 10% is under $0.

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The full distribution

Percentile	Investments	What it means
Bottom 10%	$0	9 in 10 are above this
Lower quarter	$0	25th percentile
Median	$33,750	half above, half below
Upper quarter	$267,305	75th percentile
Top 10%	$953,025	only 1 in 10 is above this
Average (mean)	$42,188	pulled up by the top end — the median is the better "typical"

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Investments by age

Age	Lower quarter	Median investments	Upper quarter	Top 10%
22–25 →	$0	$0	$9,003	$58K
26–29 →	$0	$2,970	$42K	$157K
30–33 →	$0	$7,155	$64K	$227K
34–37 →	$0	$6,750	$112K	$429K
38–41 →	$0	$19K	$180K	$677K
42–45	$0	$34K	$267K	$953K
46–50 →	$0	$51K	$319K	$1.4M
50–54 →	$0	$57K	$409K	$1.7M
55–59 →	$0	$63K	$554K	$2.0M
60–64 →	$0	$84K	$630K	$2.6M
65 and over →	$0	$20K	$554K	$2.5M

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Common questions

What is the median total invested for Engineering professionals aged 42–45 in the U.S.?

The median total invested for Engineering professionals aged 42–45 in the U.S. is $33,750. Half of this group is above that figure and half below.

What total invested puts you in the top 10% of Engineering professionals aged 42–45 in the U.S.?

About $953,025. The 90th percentile is the level only one in ten people in this group exceeds — roughly 28.2× the median.

Where do these numbers come from?

They are modeled percentile distributions fitted to this cohort from federal survey microdata — the Federal Reserve's 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances (released October 2026), the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey, Census ACS and BLS wage data — and they blend toward anonymized, aggregated data from Keeping Up members as each cohort grows. Full methodology at keepingup.com/methodology.

How this is built. Percentiles are modeled for this cohort from federal survey microdata — the Federal Reserve's 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances (released October 2026), the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey (2024), the Census American Community Survey and BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2025) — with metro cost-of-living and wage adjustments. As Keeping Up members in this cohort grow, the band blends toward anonymized, aggregated live data (minimum cohort sizes apply; no individual is ever identifiable). Seeded figures are household-level, as in the SCF; live cohorts are individual-level. Amounts are in current dollars. Read the full methodology.

Last updated October 2026. Cohort: Engineering professionals aged 42–45 in the U.S.. Model sample basis: 80.