IQ Score Guide / 113
Is 113 a Good IQ Score?
What an IQ of 113 means, where it ranks, and what it reveals about cognitive ability.
Where IQ 113 sits on the scale
An IQ of 113 is higher than 81% of people
In a room of 100 people, about 19 would score 113 or higher.
What an IQ of 113 means
An IQ of 113 is above average, higher than roughly 81% of people. The typical university graduate scores around 113 to 115, so this sits right in that area. At this level, effort and knowledge count just as much as raw ability.
How people who score 113 actually do
We looked at the 3,008 people who have scored exactly 113 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 3,008 IQScore test-takers. Section figures are the average percentage answered correctly in each area. Updated October 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Is 113 a good IQ score?
Yes. An IQ of 113 is above average, higher than about 81% of people. The average university graduate scores around 113 to 115, so this is right in that range. Most jobs and courses are well within reach.
What percentile is an IQ of 113?
An IQ of 113 is at about the 81th percentile. In plain terms, you score higher than around 81 out of every 100 people. The average score is 100.
What jobs suit an IQ of 113?
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 113?
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 113
Reported or estimated figures from third-party sources, none are clinically verified.
Richard Nixon
Estimated around 113
37th US President, IQ estimates vary widely in published sources (107 to 143). The most widely cited mid-range published estimates place him at approximately 110–115.
John F. Kennedy
Estimated around 119, 6 points above 113
35th US President, reportedly scored approximately 119 on Navy Officer Candidate School aptitude tests during WWII, a figure independently cited in multiple presidential biographies as the closest approximation to his IQ.
Kanye West
Estimated around 115, 2 points above 113
Rapper and producer with 24 Grammy Awards, among the most decorated artists in the ceremony's history. He left Chicago State University to pursue music and named his first three albums after that decision.
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