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Investments for Media professionals aged 50 and over in New York City

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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

$410K

Upper quarter

$855K

Top 10%

$1.6M

Half of Media professionals aged 50 and over in New York City have a total invested above $409,500. Reaching the upper quarter takes about $854,640, and the top 10% starts at $1,587,300 — roughly 3.9× the median. The lower quarter sits below $109,858, and the bottom 10% is under $28,613.

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The full distribution

Percentile	Investments	What it means
Bottom 10%	$28,613	9 in 10 are above this
Lower quarter	$109,858	25th percentile
Median	$409,500	half above, half below
Upper quarter	$854,640	75th percentile
Top 10%	$1,587,300	only 1 in 10 is above this
Average (mean)	$511,875	pulled up by the top end — the median is the better "typical"

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Investments by age in New York City

Age	Lower quarter	Median investments	Upper quarter	Top 10%
22–25 →	$1,276	$10K	$37K	$90K
26–29 →	$6,380	$36K	$100K	$222K
30–33 →	$15K	$72K	$173K	$361K
34–37 →	$28K	$124K	$293K	$584K
38–41 →	$45K	$189K	$439K	$848K
42–45 →	$64K	$254K	$572K	$1.1M
46–50 →	$89K	$338K	$745K	$1.4M
50 and over	$121K	$455K	$958K	$1.8M

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Common questions

What is the median total invested for Media professionals aged 50 and over in New York City?

The median total invested for Media professionals aged 50 and over in New York City is $409,500. Half of this group is above that figure and half below.

What total invested puts you in the top 10% of Media professionals aged 50 and over in New York City?

About $1,587,300. The 90th percentile is the level only one in ten people in this group exceeds — roughly 3.9× 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 Survey of Consumer Finances, 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 — Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances, BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey, Census American Community Survey and BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics — 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 June 2026. Cohort: Media professionals aged 50 and over in New York City. Model sample basis: 40.