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U.S. Real Median Household Income.
How is the middle household’s income changing?
The historical record
Source snapshot2025
Latest observation in this snapshot—not a real-time reading. +2,250 USD vs 2024.
Fitted vertical axis · missing periods are not interpolated · annual
What the number means
Inflation-adjusted annual income of the household in the middle of the distribution.
The median is the midpoint, not the average. Constant-dollar values depend on the source’s inflation adjustment and dollar base. Household composition can change, and income is not the same as accumulated wealth.
The Census Bureau updates the constant-dollar base. Use the source units shown here; this is income, not wealth.
A better question to ask
For an income proposal, identify its beneficiaries and compare outcomes in consistent dollars and household definitions.
This is a prompt for investigation, not evidence that a particular policy works. A trend alone cannot establish a cause.
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26 available observations since 2000. Annual and quarterly dates represent the start of the reporting period; fiscal years are labeled explicitly. Display values are rounded to the precision shown; downloads retain the source values.
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| Reporting period | Period start | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 | $87,460 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 | $85,210 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 | $84,730 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 | $81,460 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 | $83,270 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 | $83,590 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 | $85,320 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 | $79,620 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 | $78,600 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 | $77,230 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 | $74,590 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 | $70,760 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 | $71,670 |
| 2012 | 2012-01-01 | $69,070 |
| 2011 | 2011-01-01 | $69,070 |
| 2010 | 2010-01-01 | $70,110 |
| 2009 | 2009-01-01 | $71,790 |
| 2008 | 2008-01-01 | $72,260 |
| 2007 | 2007-01-01 | $74,810 |
| 2006 | 2006-01-01 | $73,620 |
| 2005 | 2005-01-01 | $72,810 |
| 2004 | 2004-01-01 | $71,700 |
| 2003 | 2003-01-01 | $71,810 |
| 2002 | 2002-01-01 | $71,770 |
| 2001 | 2001-01-01 | $72,350 |
| 2000 | 2000-01-01 | $73,560 |
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- Series identifier
- MEHOINUSA672N
- Provider
- FRED / original statistical source
- Original source attribution
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Frequency
- Annual
- Source units
- 2025 C-CPI-U Dollars , Not Seasonally Adjusted
- Displayed units
- USD
- Retrieval time
- 2026-10-04T09:04:46.416Z
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