In 2023, the median household income in California amounted to 89,870 U.S. dollars. This is an increase from the previous year, when the median household income in the state was 85,300 U.S. dollars. Median household income for the United States can be accessed here.

Income of individuals by age group, sex and income source, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas, annual.

In 2022, San Francisco had the highest median household income of cities ranking within the top 25 in terms of population, with a median household income in of 136,692 U.S. dollars. In that year, San Jose in California was ranked second, and Seattle, Washington third.

Following a fall after the great recession, median household income in the United States has been increasing in recent years. As of 2022, median household income by state was highest in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Utah, and Massachusetts. It was lowest in Mississippi, West Virginia, and Arkansas. Families with an annual income of 25,000 and 49,999 U.S. dollars made up the largest income bracket in America, with about 25.26 million households.

Data on median household income can be compared to statistics on personal income in the U.S. released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal income rose to around 21.8 trillion U.S. dollars in 2022, the highest value recorded. Personal income is a measure of the total income received by persons from all sources, while median household income is “the amount with divides the income distribution into two equal groups,” according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Half of the population in question lives above median income and half lives below. Though total personal income has increased in recent years, this wealth is not distributed throughout the population. In practical terms, income of most households has decreased. One additional statistic illustrates this disparity: for the lowest quintile of workers, mean household income has remained more or less steady for the past decade at about 13 to 16 thousand constant U.S. dollars annually. Meanwhile, income for the top five percent of workers has actually risen from about 285,000 U.S. dollars in 1990 to about 499,900 U.S. dollars in 2020.

Average and median market, total and after-tax income of individuals by visible minority group, Indigenous group and immigration status, Canada and provinces.

The median family income in the United States grew to 100,800 U.S. dollars in 2023, an increase on the previous year. Family income is the total income earned by all family members who have been living in the household for at least one year and are at least 14 years old.

Low income cut-offs (LICOs) before and after tax by community size and family size, in current dollars, annual.

This table presents income shares, thresholds, tax shares, and total counts of individual Canadian tax filers, with a focus on high income individuals (95% income threshold, 99% threshold, etc.). Income thresholds are based on national threshold values, regardless of selected geography; for example, the number of Nova Scotians in the top 1% will be calculated as the number of taxfiling Nova Scotians whose total income exceeded the 99% national income threshold. Different definitions of income are available in the table namely market, total, and after-tax income, both with and without capital gains.

CERF’s predefined definition of “disinvested communities” includes a variety of overlapping factors prioritizing specific Census tracts in need of immediate investment. While the challenges CERF qualifying “disinvested communities'' face are intersectional, this map also highlights areas of Orange County in which a single factor such as making below Orange County’s annual median income of $95,280 is a signifier of a Census tract at risk for becoming disadvantaged. For this reason, this map takes into consideration and identifies both Census tract communities that meet all of the criteria for qualifying as “disinvested communities” alongside Census tracts with only medium income as disadvantaged and thus, a warning signifier for risk of becoming a “disinvested community.”Data taken from ACS 2017-2021, SB 535 Map: https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen/sb535, Tribal Boundaries: https://services.arcgis.com/jDGuO8tYggdCCnUJ/arcgis/rest/services/California_Tribal_Land_Boundaries/FeatureServer

Low income measure (LIM) thresholds by household size for market income, total income and after-tax income, in current and constant dollars, annual.

Annual adjusted household disposable income including social transfers in kind.

Household income statistics by household type (couple family, one-parent family, non-census family households) and household size for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions.

Survey of Household Spending (SHS), average household spending, Canada, regions and provinces.

Distribution of farm families and average total income by typology group, unincorporated sector, for Canada. Data are available on an annual basis.