median household income was 74,580 U.S. dollars in 2022.
In 2022, just over 50 percent of Americans had an annual household income that was less than 75,000 U.S. dollars. The Percentage distribution of household income in the United States in 2022
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Overview
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- Premium Statistic U.S. average annual real wages 2000-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. personal income 1991-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. household income distribution 2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. total compensation per employee 2000-2022
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Median individual earnings
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- Premium Statistic U.S. median earnings of full time wage and salary workers 1979-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. full-time workers inflation adjusted weekly earnings 1979-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. weekly earnings of wage workers 2022, by gender
- Basic Statistic U.S. median weekly earnings of wage workers 2022, by age
- Basic Statistic U.S. full-time wage and salary workers weekly earnings 2022, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic U.S. workers median weekly earnings 2022, by level of education
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Median household earnings
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- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 2022, by state
- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income by age 2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 2022, by education of householder
- Basic Statistic U.S. median household income 2022, by race and ethnicity
Compensation by industry
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- Basic Statistic U.S. wage and salary accruals 2022, by industry
- Basic Statistic U.S. median annual wage 2022, by major occupational group
- Basic Statistic U.S. business sector real hourly compensation quarterly change 2020-2024
- Basic Statistic U.S. nonfinancial corporate sector real compensation quarterly change 2020-2023
- Basic Statistic U.S. manufacturing sector real hourly compensation quarterly change 2020-2024
- Basic Statistic U.S. highest paying occupations 2023
The minimum wage
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- Basic Statistic U.S. minimum wage: real and nominal value 1938-2023
- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage if it grew with productivity 1968-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. minimum wage 2024, by state
- Premium Statistic U.S. percentage of minimum wage workers 2022, by state
- Basic Statistic U.S. percentage distribution of low wage workers 2022, by age
- Premium Statistic U.S. number of minimum wage workers 2022, by industry
- Premium Statistic U.S. share of adults who support a minimum wage increase 2021, by age
Accounting for diversity
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- Basic Statistic U.S. male full-time wage and salary worker weekly earnings 1979-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. female full-time wage and salary workers - weekly earnings 1979-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. African American full-time wage workers weekly earnings 1979-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. Hispanic full-time wage workers weekly earnings 1979-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. Asian full-time wage and salary workers weekly earnings 2000-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. household income of black families 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. household income of Hispanic families 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. household income of Asian families 2002-2022
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- U.S. household income distribution 2006-2022
- U.S. household income of white families 1990-2022
- U.S. household income of black families 1990-2022
- U.S. household income of Asian families 2002-2022
- U.S. share of Hispanic households with income at least 100,000 U.S. dollars 2007-2022
- U.S. median family income 1990-2022
- Distribution of Hispanic workers' earnings in the U.S. 2012
- Median annual family income in Canada 2000-2020
- Distribution of Hispanic households in the U.S. 2012, by total money income
- Median annual family income in Canada 2021, by province
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- U.S. household income distribution 2006-2022
- U.S. household income of white families 1990-2022
- U.S. household income of black families 1990-2022
- U.S. household income of Asian families 2002-2022
- U.S. share of Hispanic households with income at least 100,000 U.S. dollars 2007-2022
- U.S. median family income 1990-2022
- Distribution of Hispanic workers' earnings in the U.S. 2012
- Median annual family income in Canada 2000-2020
- Distribution of Hispanic households in the U.S. 2012, by total money income
- Median annual family income in Canada 2021, by province
- Forecast of household income share in Thailand 2015-2020
- Annual salary of coaches at the football World Cup 2010
- Change in household income in the U.S. by age between 1967 and 2010
- GenXers household income in the U.S. by income range 2013
- Average monthly earnings - salary worker households in India 2015
- U.S. Nevada median household income 1990-2022
- Peru: micro, small & medium companies 2021, by income
- U.S. New Hampshire median household income 1990-2022
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US Census Bureau. (September 12, 2023). Percentage distribution of household income in the United States in 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/203183/percentage-distribution-of-household-income-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Percentage distribution of household income in the United States in 2022." Chart. September 12, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/203183/percentage-distribution-of-household-income-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. (2023). Percentage distribution of household income in the United States in 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/203183/percentage-distribution-of-household-income-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Percentage Distribution of Household Income in The United States in 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/203183/percentage-distribution-of-household-income-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau, Percentage distribution of household income in the United States in 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/203183/percentage-distribution-of-household-income-in-the-us/ (last visited May 19, 2024)
Percentage distribution of household income in the United States in 2022 [Graph], US Census Bureau, September 12, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/203183/percentage-distribution-of-household-income-in-the-us/