IQ Score Guide / 114
Is 114 a Good IQ Score?
What an IQ of 114 means, where it ranks, and what it reveals about cognitive ability.
Where IQ 114 sits on the scale
An IQ of 114 is higher than 83% of people
In a room of 100 people, about 17 would score 114 or higher.
What an IQ of 114 means
An IQ of 114 is above average, higher than roughly 83% 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 114 actually do
We looked at the 3,110 people who have scored exactly 114 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 3,110 IQScore test-takers. Section figures are the average percentage answered correctly in each area. Updated October 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Is 114 a good IQ score?
Yes. An IQ of 114 is above average, higher than about 83% 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 114?
An IQ of 114 is at about the 83th percentile. In plain terms, you score higher than around 83 out of every 100 people. The average score is 100.
What jobs suit an IQ of 114?
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 114?
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 114
Reported or estimated figures from third-party sources, none are clinically verified.
Richard Nixon
Estimated around 113, 1 point below 114
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.
Andrew Jackson
Estimated around 110, 4 points below 114
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, 4 points below 114
40th US President and former actor, IQ estimated at approximately 105–115 across several published assessments of presidential cognitive ability.
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