IQ Score Guide / 108
Is 108 a Good IQ Score?
What an IQ of 108 means, where it ranks, and what it reveals about cognitive ability.
Where IQ 108 sits on the scale
An IQ of 108 is higher than 70% of people
In a room of 100 people, about 30 would score 108 or higher.
What an IQ of 108 means
An IQ of 108 is a little above average, higher than about 70% of people. Almost any job or course is within reach. From here on, effort and experience usually matter more than the score itself.
How people who score 108 actually do
We looked at the 12,455 people who have scored between 106 and 111 on the IQScore test. On average, their strongest area was spatial reasoning and their weakest was numerical reasoning. Here is the typical breakdown by section.
Real data from 12,455 IQScore test-takers. Section figures are the average percentage answered correctly in each area. Updated October 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Is 108 a good IQ score?
Yes. An IQ of 108 is a little above average, higher than about 70% of people. At this level, effort and experience usually matter more than the score itself.
What percentile is an IQ of 108?
An IQ of 108 is at about the 70th percentile. In plain terms, you score higher than around 70 out of every 100 people. The average score is 100.
What jobs suit an IQ of 108?
Almost any career or course is realistic at this level. Technical jobs, management and teaching all sit comfortably here. Effort and know-how tend to decide outcomes more than the score.
Can you improve an IQ of 108?
Somewhat. The clearest short-term factor is sleep, with diet, exercise and stress also playing a part. Realistic gains are a handful of points, mostly from removing things that drag a score down rather than adding raw ability.
Careers that commonly score in this range
Occupational averages from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. An average, not a requirement.
Famous people near IQ 108
Reported or estimated figures from third-party sources, none are clinically verified.
Andrew Jackson
Estimated around 110, 2 points above 108
7th US President, self-educated lawyer and military general. Popular presidential IQ surveys place Jackson at approximately 105–115, reflecting strong practical and emotional intelligence over formal academic ability.
Ronald Reagan
Estimated around 110, 2 points above 108
40th US President and former actor, IQ estimated at approximately 105–115 across several published assessments of presidential cognitive ability.
Thomas Edison
Estimated around 103, 5 points below 108
Inventor of the light bulb, phonograph, and motion picture camera, Edison's IQ is estimated at approximately 95–110 by historians. He left school at 12 and famously said genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
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