The income of individuals is confidential; however, Propublica says they obtained secret IRS information and published the income of the top 400 individuals for 2013-2018. This is gross income before tax deductions. Generally, the list includes spousal income unless tax returns were separately filed. Propublica stated in 2022 "All numbers were adjusted for inflation".
Bill Gates $2.85B
Michael Bloomberg $2.05B
Jan Koum $1.93B
Ken Griffin $1.68B
Laurene Powell Jobs $1.57B
Jeffrey Yass $1.30B
David Siegel $1.17B
John Overdeck $1.17B
Larry Ellison $1.07B
Steve Ballmer $1.05B
Total: $15.84 Billion
The US population was 331,449,281 in 2020, so removing the top 10 would reduce the average income by $48.
Adult population was 258.3 million, so removing the top 10 would reduce the average adult income by $61.
Number of households was 126.8 million, so removing the top 10 would reduce the average household income by $125.