This statistic shows the median household income in the United States from 1990 to 2023 in 2023 U.S. dollars. The median household income was 80,610 U.S. dollars in 2023, an increase from the previous year. Household incomeThe median household income depicts the income of households, including the income of the householder and all other individuals aged 15 years or over living in the household. Income includes wages and salaries, unemployment insurance, disability payments, child support payments received, regular rental receipts, as well as any personal business, investment, or other kinds of income received routinely. The median household income in the United States varies from state to state. In 2020, the median household income was 86,725 U.S. dollars in Massachusetts, while the median household income in Mississippi was approximately 44,966 U.S. dollars at that time. Household income is also used to determine the poverty line in the United States. In 2021, about 11.6 percent of the U.S. population was living in poverty. The child poverty rate, which represents people under the age of 18 living in poverty, has been growing steadily over the first decade since the turn of the century, from 16.2 percent of the children living below the poverty line in year 2000 to 22 percent in 2010. In 2021, it had lowered to 15.3 percent. The state with the widest gap between the rich and the poor was New York, with a Gini coefficient score of 0.51 in 2019. The Gini coefficient is calculated by looking at average income rates. A score of zero would reflect perfect income equality and a score of one indicates a society where one person would have all the money and all other people have nothing.

Families of tax filers; Before-tax and after-tax low income status (based on census family low income measures, LIM) by family type and family composition (final T1 Family File; T1FF).

Graph and download economic data for Income Before Taxes: Income Before Taxes by Deciles of Income Before Taxes: Highest 10 Percent (91st to 100th Percentile) (CXUINCBEFTXLB1511M) from 2014 to 2023 about percentile, tax, income, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Income Before Taxes: Wages and Salaries by Age: from Age 25 to 34 (CXU900000LB0403M) from 1984 to 2023 about age, 25 years +, salaries, tax, wages, income, and USA.

This U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) five-year estimates data set contains median household income estimates during the past 12 months and in inflation-adjusted dollars. The data is available over a number of geographies ranging from statewide to census tract level. The data is available for year 2009-2016. This includes the median income of the householder and all other individuals 15 years old and over in the household, whether they are related to the householder or not. Income is based on “money” income–income received on a regular basis before payments for personal income taxes, social security, union dues, etc. Money income does not include noncash benefits that may be received.

Real median total household incomes before taxes for homeowner households in Canada, the provinces and select Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs). This table gives housing professionals a summary of changes in before-tax household income for homeowners from 1990 to 2011. Source: Statistics Canada (Survey of Consumer Finances — 1990–1993; Survey of Consumer Finances and Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics — 1994–1997; Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics — 1998-2011)

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

Families of tax filers; Census families by family type and family composition including before and after-tax median income of the family (final T1 Family File; T1FF).

Graph and download economic data for Income Before Taxes: Wages and Salaries by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Lowest 20 Percent (1st to 20th Percentile) (CXU900000LB0102M) from 1984 to 2023 about percentile, salaries, tax, wages, income, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Income After Taxes: Income After Taxes by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Second 20 Percent (21st to 40th Percentile) (CXUINCAFTTXLB0103M) from 1984 to 2023 about percentile, tax, income, and USA.

Families of tax filers; Distribution of total income by census family type and age of older partner, parent or individual (final T1 Family File; T1FF).

The statistic shows the median gross rent* as a share of pre-tax household income of Millennials aged 18 to 34 in the United States from 1980 to 2009. In 2009, 18-to 24-year olds spent 32 percent of their household income on rent.

This annual study provides selected income and tax items classified by State, ZIP Code, and the size of adjusted gross income. These data include the number of returns, which approximates the number of households; the number of personal exemptions, which approximates the population; adjusted gross income; wages and salaries; dividends before exclusion; and interest received. Data are based who reported on U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns (Forms 1040) filed with the IRS. SOI collects these data as part of its Individual Income Tax Return (Form 1040) Statistics program, Data by Geographic Areas, ZIP Code Data.

Graph and download economic data for Expenditures: Household Operations by Income Before Taxes: $150,000 to $199,999 (CXUHHOPERLB0222M) from 2015 to 2023 about operating, tax, expenditures, households, income, and USA.

These data tables focus on the real median total household income, before-taxes. They summarize the changes in before-tax household income by tenure: renters owners combined total of renters and owners The data tables also provide information on the real median total household incomes before taxes for households in: Canada Provinces selected Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs)

This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted by Cint on the distribution of personal income levels before tax in France in 2018. During the survey, 26.48 percent of respondents stated that their personal income before tax is between 20,000 and 40,000 Euros.

Real average total household incomes before taxes for homeowner households in Canada, the provinces and selected Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs). This table gives housing professionals a summary of changes in before-tax household income for homeowners from 2006 to 2017. Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Income Survey 2012 – 2017, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics 2006 – 2011

Real median total household incomes before taxes in Canada, the provinces and select Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs). This table gives housing professionals a summary of changes in before-tax household income from 1990 to 2011. Source: Statistics Canada (Survey of Consumer Finances — 1990–1993; Survey of Consumer Finances and Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics — 1994–1997; Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics — 1998–2011)

Real median total household incomes before taxes for homeowner households in Canada, the provinces and selected Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs). This table gives housing professionals a summary of changes in before-tax household income for homeowners from 2006 to 2017. Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Income Survey 2012 – 2017, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics 2006 – 2011