$83,730
2024 (latest)
REAL MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
2024 dollars · 1984–2024 · higher is better · FRED MEHOINUSA672N
$60,420
1984
$83,730
high · 2024
$60,420
low · 1984
+39%
since 1984
┊ dashed lines mark 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Census/BLS, inflation-adjusted; published with a one-year lag.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Real Median Household Income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $83,730 | +1% |
| 2023 | $82,690 | +4% |
| 2022 | $79,500 | −2% |
| 2021 | $81,270 | −0% |
| 2020 | $81,580 | −2% |
| 2019 | $83,260 | +7% |
| 2018 | $77,700 | +1% |
| 2017 | $76,710 | +2% |
| 2016 | $75,380 | +4% |
| 2015 | $72,790 | +5% |
| 2014 | $69,060 | −1% |
| 2013 | $69,950 | +4% |
| 2012 | $67,400 | −0% |
| 2011 | $67,410 | −1% |
| 2010 | $68,420 | −2% |
| 2009 | $70,070 | −1% |
| 2008 | $70,520 | −3% |
| 2007 | $73,010 | +2% |
| 2006 | $71,850 | +1% |
| 2005 | $71,060 | +2% |
| 2004 | $69,970 | −0% |
| 2003 | $70,080 | +0% |
| 2002 | $70,040 | −1% |
| 2001 | $70,610 | −2% |
| 2000 | $71,790 | −0% |
| 1999 | $71,980 | +3% |
| 1998 | $70,200 | +4% |
| 1997 | $67,720 | +2% |
| 1996 | $66,340 | +1% |
| 1995 | $65,380 | +3% |
| 1994 | $63,370 | +1% |
| 1993 | $62,700 | −0% |
| 1992 | $63,010 | −1% |
| 1991 | $63,530 | −3% |
| 1990 | $65,440 | −1% |
| 1989 | $66,240 | +2% |
| 1988 | $65,130 | +1% |
| 1987 | $64,650 | +1% |
| 1986 | $63,850 | +4% |
| 1985 | $61,570 | +2% |
| 1984 | $60,420 | — |
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