14K Gold Price Per Gram Today — Live Calculator
14K gold is 58.3% pure gold by weight (14 parts gold to 10 parts alloy). It's the most common karat for US jewelry — engagement rings, wedding bands, fine chains, and most fine-jewelry pendants are 14K because it balances gold content with durability. 14K is hard enough for daily wear without bending or scratching badly, but contains enough gold that the resale and scrap value is meaningful. At today's gold spot, a 10g 14K chain holds roughly $565 of gold (the calculator below pulls the live spot and computes the exact value for any weight you input). Also written 14kt or 14 karat. 14K is the highest-volume karat searched on Google — "14k gold price per gram" alone draws ~60K searches per year.
Also written 14kt or 14 karat.
Live 14K gold price
Per gram
$84.59
Per troy oz
$2,630.97
Per pennyweight (dwt)
$131.55
14K gold value = (weight in grams ÷ 31.1034768) × 0.5833 × current gold spot price per troy ounce. At a $3,000/oz gold spot, 1 gram of 14K is worth roughly $56.26.
14K gold FAQ
What is 14K gold worth per gram today?
14K gold is 58.3% pure gold. Per-gram value = (1 ÷ 31.1034768) × 0.5833 × current gold spot. At a $3,000/oz gold spot, 14K is worth roughly $56.26 per gram of gold content. The calculator above pulls live spot and computes any weight/quantity.
How much is 14K gold per ounce?
A troy ounce of 14K gold contains 58.3% pure gold, or about 0.5833 troy oz of gold-equivalent content. Per-troy-ounce value = 0.5833 × current gold spot. At a $3,000/oz spot, a troy ounce of 14K is worth roughly $1,750 of gold content (the rest of the troy-ounce weight is alloy with negligible scrap value).
What does 14K mean?
14K means the alloy is 14 parts pure gold to 24 parts total — 58.3% gold by weight, with the other 41.7% being alloy metals (typically copper for yellow gold, nickel or palladium for white gold, extra copper for rose gold). The "K" is short for karat, the parts-per-24 measure of gold purity.
Is 14K real gold?
Yes — 14K is solid gold at 58.3% purity. It's the most common karat for US fine jewelry (engagement rings, wedding bands, fine chains, pendants) because it balances gold content with durability. Below 10K a piece is no longer legally "gold" in the US; above 18K the alloy is softer and less suitable for daily wear.
What's the difference between 14K and 14kt?
Stylistic only — 14K and 14kt are two spellings for the same purity. US jewelry stamps usually read "14K"; some imports use "14KT." Long-form copy often spells out "14 karat." All three describe an alloy that is 58.3% pure gold by weight.
How much will a pawn shop pay for 14K gold?
Pawn shops typically pay 70-85% of the gold melt value. For a 10g 14K chain at $3,000/oz gold spot, melt value is roughly $563; the pawn-shop offer typically lands between $394 and $478. Refiners pay closer to 90-95% but usually require a bulk minimum (often 1+ troy oz of pure-gold equivalent, or ~57g of 14K).