Figure Skating Championships took place on January 4–11, 1998 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth).
The event served to help choose the U.S. teams to the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1998 World Championships.
The 1998 World Junior Championships had been held prior to the national championships and so the World Junior Championships team had been chosen at a World Juniors selection competition earlier in the year.
This was the penultimate year of compulsory figures being competed at the U.S. Championships.