CHART: Time taken for the average US worker to earn one BTC tops 12 months

What happened

It currently takes over one year of full-time work for the average US worker to earn enough money to buy one BTC. Below is a chart of pre-tax and pre-living expense calculations, assuming an average US private sector employee working full-time using all wages to buy BTC.

As lofty and unattainable as today’s BTC cost is, it’s actually cheaper on a wage basis than it was at its peak in July 2025. That month, the average price of BTC was $115,101, equating to 394 full-time working days or 1.6 years for the average US employee .

The price of BTC denominated in average US wages has actually been declining from its 1.6 year peak in July 2025. Hours of work to buy 1 BTC at US average full-time wages, pre-tax.