The average net worth that Americans feel is needed to qualify as wealthy has surprisingly declined, compared to last year, though it is still an eye-popping figure, Charles Schwab found. The financial services company said in the latest edition of its "Modern Wealth Survey" that Americans now view $2.3 million as the benchmark for counting as wealthy, pointing to what they see as a worsening economy. That marked a $200,000 decrease from 2024, when Americans said the net worth required to be classified as w ...