The United States is the birthplace of skyscrapers, in the last century, the majority of world's skyscrapers were located within the United States. After recent years' global skyscraper construction boom, the number of skyscrapers in the country has been exceeded by some Asian countries like United Arab Emirates or China, but the US is still one of a few countries in this world that possess the most skyscrapers. As of mid 2023, the US has more than 240 skyscrapers built or topped out to be over 200m (656 ft, 200m is a typical minimum height of skyscraper), and about 850 buildings beyond 150m (492 ft, another most used threshold to define skyscraper). For supertall skyscrapers, as of mid 2023 the United States has 29 supertalls completed, and there are many other supertalls under construction or planned across the nation.
Below is the list of 20 tallest buildings in the United States that have completed or topped out.
The buildings are ranked from the tallest to shortest by standard height or architectural height, which means the height of spire will also be counted but the antenna is not eligible to be counted into the height.
As there are many more buildings with similar heights are being built, the content below will get updated time to time, updates occur on an irregular basis, usually when a new skyscraper tops out at its full height or the status changes.
The last update was done on December 22, 2023, please note the content below is all based on that time.
One World Trade Center
Standard height: 1776 ft / 541m
Floor count: 104
Year built: 2014
Observation Deck: 1266 ft / 386m
Uses: Office, Observation, Restaurant
City: New York City
One World Trade Center is the tallest building in America by standard height or structural height, if judged by roof height, it's only the 4th tallest, after Central Park Tower, Willis Tower and 432 Park Ave, and more skyscraper projects ongoing in New York City will surpass it, but its structural height of the symbolic 1776 ft will be the tallest for quite long time as currently still no a proposal for a taller building.
One World Trade Center opened its observation deck in 2015, since then New York City has a total of three building-based observation decks.
Standard height: 1550 ft / 472m Floor count: 131
Year built: 2021 Uses: Residential, Retail
City: New York City
Central Park Tower is a residential tower located on 57th Street in New York City, completed in December 2021. The tower surpassed the Willis Tower in Chicago becoming the tallest building in America by roof height. Its roof is higher than that of any other building in Western Hemisphere.
The tower structurally topped out in September 2019, and fully topped out at 1,550ft one month later, the height is achieved without adding a spire or antenna on the top. If judging by roof height, Central Park Tower is about 180ft taller than One World Trade Center.
Standard height: 1451 ft / 442m
Floor count: 108
Year built: 1974
Observation Deck: 1352 ft / 412m
Uses: Office, Observation
City: Chicago
The Willis Tower was formerly named Sears Tower, it was the world's tallest building from 1974 to 1998, and the tallest building in the United States from 1974 to 2014. If judged by roof height, it had been the tallest building in America until in 2019 when Central Park Tower surpassed it.
111 West 57 St
Standard height: 1428 ft / 435m Floor count: 82
Year built: 2022 Uses: Residential
City: New York City
111 West 57 St is another skyscraper located on 57th Street in New York City, not far from the Central Park Tower. With a width-to-height ratio of 1:23, it's the thinnest skyscraper in the world. The tower had topped out in 2019 and the construction finally completed in March 2022.
One Vanderbilt
Standard height: 1401 ft / 427m Floor count: 67
Year built: 2020 Uses: Office, Observation
City: New York City
Located adjacent to Grand Central Terminal, One Vanderbilt was proposed by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio as a part of the planned Midtown East rezoning, the skyscraper topped out on September 17, 2019, and opened in September 2020. It's currently the tallest office building in Midtown Manhattan. The top of the tower contains an observation deck, opened to the public in October 2021.
432 Park Ave
Standard height: 1396 ft / 426m
Floor count: 96
Year built: 2016
Uses: Residential
City: New York City
By roof height 432 Park Ave is the second tallest completed building in New York City, it was the world's tallest residential building before the completion of the nearby Central Park Tower, and is currently the second thinnest skyscraper building in the world.
Trump International Hotel and Tower
Standard height: 1389 ft / 423m Floor count: 98
Year built: 2009 Uses: Residential, Hotel City: Chicago
Trump International Hotel & Tower is the 2nd tallest building in Chicago, the height 1389ft is measured from the ground to the tip of the spire, the roof height is 1171ft.
30 Hudson Yards
Standard height: 1268 ft / 387m Floor count: 73
Year built: 2019 Uses: Office, Observation
City: New York City
Also known as North Tower of Hudson Yards, the tower is the tallest building of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project. It has a cantilevered viewing platform near the top, which opened to public in March 2020.
Standard height: 1250 ft / 381m
Floor count: 103
Year built: 1931
Observation Deck: 320 meters & 369 meters
Uses: Office, Observation, Broadcasting
City: New York City
The Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world from 1931 to 1972, and the tallest building in New York since 1931 to 1972 and 2001 to 2013. Although the Empire State Building is no longer the tallest building in the world and had dropped out of the top 30 tallest, it is always the most famous skyscraper for its iconic shape and the fact that it held the crown of world's tallest building for the longest time.
The observation deck on the 86th floor of the building is the second most visited tourist attraction in New York City, drawing 3.5 million visitors a year, this number is only after the Times Square and the Statue of Liberty.
Bank of America Tower
Standard height: 1200 ft / 366m Floor count: 55
Year built: 2009 Uses: Office City: New York City
St. Regis Chicago
Standard height: 1191 ft / 363m Floor count: 101
Year built: 2020 Uses: Residential, Hotel City: Chicago
Previously known as Vista Tower, it was initially developed in a joint venture between Magellan Development and China-based Wanda Group, planned to house Wanda's first Vista luxury hotel in North America. In August 2020, Wanda sold all its stake in the project to Magellan as the group faces financial difficulties, Magellan then partnered with St. Regis Hotels & Resorts and renamed the tower St. Regis Chicago.
The tower is composed of three connected buildings, it's the tallest structure in the world designed by a woman.
Aon Center
Standard height: 1136 ft / 346m Floor count: 83
Year built: 1973 Uses: Office City: Chicago
John Hancock Center
Standard height: 1128 ft / 344m Floor count: 100
Year built: 1969 Uses: Office, Observation, Residential City: Chicago
Comcast Innovation & Technology Center
Standard height: 1121 ft / 342m Floor count: 59
Year built: 2018 Uses: Office, Hotel City: Philadelphia
Wilshire Grand Tower
Standard height: 1100 ft / 335m
Floor count: 73
Year built: 2017
Uses: Office, Hotel, Observation
City: Los Angeles
Opened on June 23 2017, Wilshire Grand Tower is the new tallest building in Los Angeles. The tower features a unique top which cannot be found on other highrise buildings in Los Angeles, as before this tower all the other highrise buildings were forced to be designed with flat roof. However for the same reason this tower is not a solid supertall, its roof is significantly shorter than US Bank Tower, this can be clearly seen from the Observatory on US Bank Tower.
By standard height, Wilshire Grand Tower will continue to hold the title of the tallest building in Los Angeles for a couple of years, as currently there is only one of skyscrapers proposed in Los Angeles designed with a higher height.
Three World Trade Center
Standard height: 1073 ft / 327m Floor count: 80
Year topped out: 2017 Year built: 2018
Uses: Office City: New York City
Salesforce Tower
Standard height: 1070 ft / 326m Floor count: 60
Year built: 2018 Uses: Office
City: San Francisco
Salesforce Tower is San Francisco's first supertall skyscraper, and it's also the tallest building west of Mississippi in America by roof height.
Brooklyn Tower
Standard height: 1066 ft / 325m Floor count: 74
Estimated year built: 2024 Uses: Residential
City: New York City
Previously referred to as 9 DeKalb Avenue, the tower is located on the north side of DeKalb Avenue and west of Flatbush Avenue Extension in Brooklyn, New York City. The tower structurally topped out in October 2021, and fully topped out in February 2022 after the crown reached the top. The tower features a very slender form, kind of like that of 111 West 57th Street in Manhattan, since they are all designed by SHoP Architects and developed by JDS Development.
53W53
Standard height & Roof height: 1050 ft / 320m
Floor count: 77 Year built: 2019
Uses: Residential City: New York City
Previously called Tower Verre, the name was changed to 53W53, as it's located on 53 West 53rd Street. The tower is also known as the MoMA Expansion Tower.
Standard height: 1046 ft / 319m Floor count: 77
Year built: 1930 Uses: Office City: New York City
The Chrysler Building is one of the most recognizable landmarks of New York City, it was built in 1930, less than one year before the completion of Empire State Building, it held the crown of world's tallest building for only a few months.
Above are the top 20 tallest buildings in the United States. This page is updated when one or more new building is built to higher than the buildings listed above, and one or more shortest buildings in the list are then moved to the section below.
New York Times Tower
Standard height: 1046 ft / 319m Floor count: 52
Year built: 2007 Uses: Office City: New York City
Although this building is regarded as a 1046-foot tall supertall, its roof is only at 745 feet or 227m tall, which makes it not appear like a supertall at all.
Bank of America Plaza
Standard height: 1040 ft / 318m Floor count: 55
Year built: 1992 Uses: Office City: Atlanta
Standard height: 1018 ft / 310m
Floor count: 73
Year built: 1989
Uses: Office, Restaurant, Observation
City: Los Angeles
US Bank Tower held the title of the tallest building west of Mississippi in the United States for 28 years, until the completion of the Wilshire Grand Tower, which surpassed it by a spire installed on the peak of the building. US Bank Tower is still the tallest building in Los Angeles by roof.
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