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PAW / UAW Wealth Efficiency Check

"Given my age and income, am I an over- or under-accumulator of wealth?"

If income is a vanity metric, what is the value metric? Stanley & Danko gave us a simple formula: Expected Net Worth = (Age × Income) / 10.

Debugging Your Personal Finance, Chapter 3

Expected net worth:

Your ratio:

Classification:

From Stanley & Danko's The Millionaire Next Door. PAW = Prodigious Accumulator (ratio ≥ 2.0). UAW = Under Accumulator (ratio < 0.5). The formula is a heuristic, not a financial plan.

From Chapter 3 of Debugging Your Personal Finance. Simple calculator · Inputs stay in your browser · Not financial advice.

A simplified calculator for education, not financial advice. See the disclaimer.

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