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Net Worth Calculator

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Add up everything you own, subtract everything you owe, and see where you actually stand — plus a breakdown of your balance sheet and your debt-to-asset ratio.

Reviewed by the ClearTally editorial team · Last updated July 20, 2026 · Methodology & sources

Assets — what you own

$451,000
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Liabilities — what you owe

$287,000
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Your net worth

$164,000

You own $451,000 and owe $287,000.

Total assets

$451,000

Total liabilities

$287,000

Debt-to-asset ratio

63.6%

Lower is stronger; under 100% means you're above water

Balance-sheet breakdown

Every line item, largest first — assets in green, liabilities in rust.

A snapshot in today's dollars. Use realistic resale values (what you'd actually get for the home or car today), not what you paid. For planning only, not financial advice.

Net worth is the scoreboard; the game is played elsewhere. Grow the asset side with a retirement projection and an investment plan, and shrink the liability side with a debt payoff strategy.

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How it works

Net worth is the single number that sums up your finances: everything you own (your assets) minus everything you owe (your liabilities). Income doesn't enter into it — someone earning $200,000 who spends all of it can have a lower net worth than someone earning half that who's paid down their debts. It's a snapshot of accumulated wealth, not cash flow.

The one rule that trips people up: use current resale value, not what you paid. Your home is worth what it would sell for today, your car what a dealer would give you now — not the sticker prices from years ago. Then put the mortgage and the auto loan on the liabilities side. What's left after netting each pair is your real equity in them.

Example: say you own $451,000 across cash, investments, retirement, a home, and a car, and owe $287,000 across a mortgage, an auto loan, student loans, and cards. Your net worth is $164,000 ($451,000 − $287,000). Your debt-to-asset ratio — liabilities ÷ assets — is about 63.6%, meaning you've borrowed against roughly two-thirds of what you own. The home, at $320,000, is about 71% of your assets, which is typical: for most households the mortgage and the house are the two biggest numbers on the sheet, and net worth climbs as the loan gets paid down.

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FAQ

Count anything you could convert to cash: checking and savings, investment and retirement accounts (401(k), IRA, brokerage), your home and vehicles at today's resale value, and valuable property like a second home or collection worth selling. Don't count your salary or future income — net worth measures what you've accumulated, not what you earn. And be honest about illiquid or depreciating items; a car loses value the day you drive it off the lot.

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