Bernie Sanders has a median net worth of $979,015 according to his 2024 annual financial disclosure.

Posted by NOTUS, May 13, 2026Checked Oct 15, 2026

Polygraph verdictCan’t tell

Sources: 8 context
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 30%

NOTUSArticle on VTDiggerMay 13, 2026

The only source giving the exact figure of $979,015 is the VTDigger passage, which repeats the claimant's words and cannot corroborate it. No independent source confirms that figure from Sanders' 2024 annual financial disclosure, and Ballotpedia notes that disclosure forms report value ranges rather than precise amounts.

What we found

Context. The exact figure of $979,015 appears only in the VTDigger article [3], which reproduces the passage's own wording. That is circular and provides no independent corroboration.[2]

Context. Ballotpedia explains that congressional financial disclosure forms use value ranges rather than precise amounts, which makes a precise median figure from the disclosure hard to verify directly.[3]

Context. Third-party estimates of Sanders' net worth vary widely: about $1M to $1.2M in some sources [7][11], $1.5M-$2M in another [4], and $2.5M in a third [5]. None of them is the disclosure figure the claim cites.[4][5][6][7]

Context. An older OpenSecrets estimate puts Sanders' 2018 net worth at $513,513 [10]. This is a different year and does not bear on the 2024 claim, but it shows the figures are not stable across sources.[8]

Context. The extracted claim's phrasing, 'median net worth' according to the 2024 annual disclosure, is not directly matched by any authoritative source. The PolitiFact item [0] concerns a 2016 comparison and does not address the 2024 figure.[1]