International Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015		Dec. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
Entity-Wide Information by Geographic Areas
Revenue	$ 93,543		$ 95,112		$ 97,367
Expense	62,841		64,413		70,692
Income before income tax expense	30,702		30,699		26,675
Net income	24,442		21,745		17,886
Total assets	2,351,698	[1]	2,572,274	[1]	2,414,879
Europe/Middle East and Africa
Entity-Wide Information by Geographic Areas
Revenue	14,206		16,013		15,585
Expense	8,871		10,123		9,069
Income before income tax expense	5,335		5,890		6,516
Net income	4,158		3,935		4,842
Total assets	347,647		481,328		514,747
Asia and Pacific
Entity-Wide Information by Geographic Areas
Revenue	6,151		6,083		6,168
Expense	4,241		4,478		4,248
Income before income tax expense	1,910		1,605		1,920
Net income	1,285		1,051		1,254
Total assets	138,747		147,357		145,999
Latin America and the Caribbean
Entity-Wide Information by Geographic Areas
Revenue	1,923		2,047		2,251
Expense	1,508		1,626		1,626
Income before income tax expense	415		421		625
Net income	253		269		381
Total assets	48,185		44,567		41,473
Total international
Entity-Wide Information by Geographic Areas
Revenue	22,280		24,143		24,004
Expense	14,620		16,227		14,943
Income before income tax expense	7,660		7,916		9,061
Net income	5,696		5,255		6,477
Total assets	534,579		673,252		702,219
North America
Entity-Wide Information by Geographic Areas
Revenue	71,263		70,969		73,363
Expense	48,221		48,186		55,749
Income before income tax expense	23,042		22,783		17,614
Net income	18,746		16,490		11,409
Total assets	1,817,119		1,899,022		1,712,660
U.K.
Entity-Wide Information by Geographic Areas
Total assets	$ 306,000		$ 434,000		$ 451,000

[1] The following table presents information on assets and liabilities related to VIEs that are consolidated by the Firm at December 31, 2015 and 2014. The difference between total VIE assets and liabilities represents the Firm’s interests in those entities, which were eliminated in consolidation.December 31, (in millions)2015 2014Assets Trading assets$3,736 $9,090Loans75,104 68,880All other assets2,765 1,815Total assets$81,605 $79,785Liabilities Beneficial interests issued by consolidated variable interest entities$41,879 $52,320All other liabilities809 949Total liabilities$42,688 $53,269The assets of the consolidated VIEs are used to settle the liabilities of those entities. The holders of the beneficial interests do not have recourse to the general credit of JPMorgan Chase. At both December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Firm provided limited program-wide credit enhancement of $2.0 billion, related to its Firm-administered multi-seller conduits, which are eliminated in consolidation. For further discussion, see Note 16.