Average Income Distribution Us
Selected united states household income percentiles for 2020 and 2019.
Average income distribution us. Median household income in the united states by race or ethnic group 2019 number of households by household income u s. Median household income was 68 703 in 2019 an increase of 6 8 percent from the 2018 median of 64 324 figure 1 and table a 1. The 2019 real median incomes of family households and nonfamily households increased 7 3 percent and 6 2 percent from their respective 2018 estimates figure 1 and table a 1. To be top 1 in 2020 a household needed to earn 531 020 00.
Most of the increase in household income was achieved in the period from 1970 to 2000. What is the top 1 household income. A person working in united states typically earns around 94 700 usd per year. It was 89 930 70 in 2019.
What was the average household income. In these three decades the median income increased by 41 to 70 800 at an annual average rate of 1 2. 2019 household income u s. Real median household income reached 63 688 in january 2019 an increase of 171 or 0 3 over one month december 2018.
This is the average yearly salary including housing transport and other benefits. Salaries range from 24 000 usd lowest average to 423 000 usd highest average actual maximum salary is higher. Median us household income through 2018 u s. Comparison of the lowest quintile and top 5.
From 2000 to 2018 the growth in household income slowed to an annual average rate of only 0 3.