<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Sum Total for Column in jQuery </title> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function() { $('table thead th').each(function(i) { calculateColumn(i); }); }); function calculateColumn(index) { var total = 0; $('table tr').each(function() { var value = parseInt($('td', this).eq(index).text()); if (!isNaN(value)) { total += value; } }); $('table tfoot td').eq(index).text('Total: ' + total); } </script> </head> <body> <table id="sum_table" width="300" border="1"> <thead> <tr> <th>Apple</th> <th>Orange</th> <th>Watermelon</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> </tr> </tbody> <tfoot> <tr> <td>Total:</td> <td>Total:</td> <td>Total:</td> </tr> </tfoot> </table> </body> </html>