Corporate profits rose quickly in 2021 along with inflation, raising concerns about corporations driving up prices to increase profits. Although corporate profits indeed contributed to inflation in 2021, their contribution fell in 2022. This pattern is not unusual: in previous economic recoveries, corporate profits were the main contributor to inflation in the first year and displaced by costs in the second year.

United States BIE: Profit Margin vs Normal Times: Much Greater Than Normal data was reported at 0.520 % in Apr 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.000 % for Mar 2025. United States BIE: Profit Margin vs Normal Times: Much Greater Than Normal data is updated monthly, averaging 0.649 % from Oct 2011 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 163 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.995 % in Nov 2021 and a record low of 0.000 % in Mar 2025. United States BIE: Profit Margin vs Normal Times: Much Greater Than Normal data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.I121: Business Inflation Expectations Survey. Business Inflation Expectations Survey Questionnaire: How do your PROFIT MARGINS compare with “normal” times?

Corporate Profits in the United States increased to 3259.41 USD Billion in the second quarter of 2025 from 3252.44 USD Billion in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Corporate Profits - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Inflation rates for the lowest income households were almost always higher than for the highest income households between 2005 and 2021. The biggest difference was seen in December 2008, when the lowest income households experienced inflation rates 0.8 percent greater than the highest income households. In 2021, the difference in the inflation rate experienced by the lowest income households and the highest income households fell considerably, reaching -0.52 percent in July 2021, meaning that inflation was 0.52 percent higher for the highest earners versus the lowest earners.

The Consumer Price Index The consumer price index (CPI) measures the rate of inflation on a basket of goods as a way to document the general inflationary experience of all urban consumers. While this measure of inflation can give us insights into the general price increases of consumer goods, it may not reflect the actual inflation experienced by any given household. Consumers from different income brackets actually behave quite differently when it comes to consumption preferences and their willingness to pay.

Inflation in 2022 2022 was an exceptional year for inflation worldwide due to a multitude of factors relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The inflation rate in the United States reached a high of 9.1 percent during the summer, with consumers experiencing record fuel prices, and increased concerns over the state of the economy. Despite the 2021 figures indicating that inflation has been higher for the highest earners, the pandemic saw U.S. billionaires increase their wealth by 57 percent between March 2020 and March 2022.

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United States BIE: Profit Margin vs Normal Times: Somewhat Greater Than Normal data was reported at 6.831 % in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 9.147 % for Mar 2025. United States BIE: Profit Margin vs Normal Times: Somewhat Greater Than Normal data is updated monthly, averaging 12.889 % from Oct 2011 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 163 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 22.622 % in Dec 2015 and a record low of 1.740 % in May 2020. United States BIE: Profit Margin vs Normal Times: Somewhat Greater Than Normal data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.I121: Business Inflation Expectations Survey. Business Inflation Expectations Survey Questionnaire: How do your PROFIT MARGINS compare with “normal” times?

In 2023, the median usual weekly earnings of a white full-time employee in the United States amounted to 1,138 U.S. dollars. Dollar value is based on 2023 U.S. dollars. Unadjusted median wages for white workers in the U.S. can be found here.

United States BIE: Profit Margin vs Normal Times: Diffusion Index data was reported at -29.987 % Point in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of -23.729 % Point for Mar 2025. United States BIE: Profit Margin vs Normal Times: Diffusion Index data is updated monthly, averaging -22.283 % Point from Oct 2011 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 163 observations. The data reached an all-time high of -7.722 % Point in Jul 2018 and a record low of -53.167 % Point in Apr 2020. United States BIE: Profit Margin vs Normal Times: Diffusion Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.I121: Business Inflation Expectations Survey.

Table from the American Community Survey (ACS) B19301 and B19313 per capita and aggregate income. These are multiple, nonoverlapping vintages of the 5-year ACS estimates of population and housing attributes starting in 2010 shown by the corresponding census tract vintage. Also includes the most recent release annually.King County, Washington census tracts with nonoverlapping vintages of the 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) estimates starting in 2010. Vintage identified in the "ACS Vintage" field.The census tract boundaries match the vintage of the ACS data (currently 2010 and 2020) so please note the geographic changes between the decades. Tracts have been coded as being within the City of Seattle as well as assigned to neighborhood groups called "Community Reporting Areas". These areas were created after the 2000 census to provide geographically consistent neighborhoods through time for reporting U.S. Census Bureau data. This is not an attempt to identify neighborhood boundaries as defined by neighborhoods themselves.Vintages: 2010, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023ACS Table(s): B19301 and B19313Data downloaded from: <a href

Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH)-consistent inflation rates calculated for different income groups in the UK, by category of spend. Data are for the period 2005 to 2018.

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RPI, RPI(X), RPI(Y), RPI (pensioners) and RPI (low income) percentage changes and index numbers. The latest report on the Retail Prices index is published here on stats.je.

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SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2021 2022 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) - DP03 Universe - Total households Survey-Program - American Community Survey 5-year estimates Years - 2020, 2021, 2022 Total income is the sum of the amounts reported separately for wage or salary income; net self-employment income; interest, dividends, or net rental or royalty income or income from estates and trusts; Social Security or Railroad Retirement income; Supplemental Security Income (SSI); public assistance or welfare payments; retirement, survivor, or disability pensions; and all other income. Receipts from the following sources are not included as income: capital gains, money received from the sale of property (unless the recipient was engaged in the business of selling such property); the value of income “in kind” from food stamps, public housing subsidies, medical care, employer contributions for individuals, etc.; withdrawal of bank deposits; money borrowed; tax refunds; exchange of money between relatives living in the same household; gifts and lump-sum inheritances, insurance payments, and other types of lump sum receipts.

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United States - Inflation, consumer prices for High Income Countries was 4.85% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Inflation, consumer prices for High Income Countries reached a record high of 13.52 in January of 1980 and a record low of 0.37 in January of 2015. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Inflation, consumer prices for High Income Countries - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on October of 2025.

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About this dataset

Context

The dataset illustrates the median household income in Utah, spanning the years from 2010 to 2021, with all figures adjusted to 2022 inflation-adjusted dollars. Based on the latest 2017-2021 5-Year Estimates from the American Community Survey, it displays how income varied over the last decade. The dataset can be utilized to gain insights into median household income trends and explore income variations.

Key observations:

From 2010 to 2021, the median household income for Utah increased by $9,531 (12.54%), as per the American Community Survey estimates. In comparison, median household income for the United States increased by $4,559 (6.51%) between 2010 and 2021.

Analyzing the trend in median household income between the years 2010 and 2021, spanning 11 annual cycles, we observed that median household income, when adjusted for 2022 inflation using the Consumer Price Index retroactive series (R-CPI-U-RS), experienced growth year by year for 8 years and declined for 3 years.

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Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2017-2021 5-Year Estimates. All incomes have been adjusting for inflation and are presented in 2022-inflation-adjusted dollars.

Years for which data is available:

• 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Variables / Data Columns

• Year: This column presents the data year from 2010 to 2021
• Median Household Income: Median household income, in 2022 inflation-adjusted dollars for the specific year
• YOY Change($): Change in median household income between the current and the previous year, in 2022 inflation-adjusted dollars
• YOY Change(%): Percent change in median household income between current and the previous year

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Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

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