What Does a 106 IQ Mean?
A 106 IQ is in the average range. About 66 in 100 people score lower than 106. Clinical reports using the WISC-V or the traditional WAIS-IV wording would call 106 Average.
- Percentile
- 65.54
- How rare
- 1 in 3 score 106 or higher
- WISC-V wording
- Average
- Traditional wording (WAIS-IV)
- Average
- Distance from 100
- 0.40 SD above
- On an SD 16 test
- about 106
- On an SD 24 test
- about 110
- Our test's usual range here
- 94 to 118 (90%)
What does a 106 IQ mean?
A score of 106 is 0.40 standard deviations above the average of 100. On most IQ tests one standard deviation, the typical distance from the average, is 15 points, so 106 is 6 points away.
106 sits near the top of the 90 to 109 band, 4 points below the next band up. About 49 in 100 people score from 90 to 109, the average band that holds 106.
What percentile is an IQ of 106?
A score of 106 is at the 65.54th percentile. That percentile is the share of people who score lower than 106, not the share of questions right. Five points higher, 111 is at the 76.83rd percentile. Five points lower, 101 is at the 52.66th percentile. Across those ten points around 106, the percentile moves by 24.17.
How rare is an IQ of 106?
About 1 in 3 people score 106 or higher. In a town of 100,000 people, about 34,000 would score 106 or higher.
For every 100 people who score exactly 100, about 92 score exactly 106. These figures for 106 come from the normal curve that IQ scales are built on, and the IQ calculator works out any other score.
What would 106 be on other tests?
Not every test would print 106 for this position. Older Stanford-Binet forms and many school tests use a standard deviation of 16; there, the same position as 106 is about 106. On a scale with a standard deviation of 24, used by the Cattell test, it is about 110. 106, 106 and 110 all mean the same percentile.
Is 106 a good IQ score?
The scale does not grade the person behind a 106; it places one result among other people’s results. 106 is inside the average band, 90 to 109, where about half of all people score. What a 106 is useful for depends on the purpose, and a single online result is too rough for decisions about school, work or support. A 106 describes some kinds of reasoning on one test, on one day, and leaves out a great deal that matters, such as effort, knowledge and character.
How close is 106 to the average?
106 is 6 points above the exact middle, 100. That gap is 0.40 of a standard deviation, which is small. Our average IQ guide explains why the middle stays at 100.
What does an online result of 106 mean?
An online result of 106 is an estimate. When our test shows 106, the estimated range next to it is usually about 94 to 118. That range for 106 is provisional: it comes from our scoring model and a simulation, not yet from real test takers. Our methodology shows how the range is made.
An unsupervised online 106 may also run a little high: a large review found a gap of about 3 IQ points. Taking the same kind of test again usually raises a score like 106 a little, mostly on the first retakes. Our guide are IQ tests accurate covers this in depth.
To see where your own result falls next to 106, take the free IQ test. It has 30 questions and shows an estimated range with every result.
Scores near 106
- 104 IQ: 2 points lower, at the 60.51st percentile.
- 105 IQ: 1 point lower, at the 63.06th percentile.
- 107 IQ: 1 point higher, at the 67.96th percentile.
- 108 IQ: 2 points higher, at the 70.31st percentile.
Look up any score from 70 to 160, not only those near 106, in the score explorer.
FAQ
What percentile is 106 IQ?
A score of 106 is at the 65.54th percentile. That means about 65.54 percent of people score lower.
Is 106 IQ average?
Yes. 106 is inside the 90 to 109 band, where about half of all people score.
How many people have an IQ of 106?
On a whole-number scale, about 2.5 percent of people score exactly 106. About 1 in 3 people score 106 or higher.
Can an online test show 106?
Yes, as an estimate with a range: on our test a 106 usually comes with an estimated range of about 94 to 118.