Us Income Distribution 2020

Below is an individual income percentile calculator for the united states for 2020.
Us income distribution 2020. Trends over time by dennis fixler marina gindelsky and david johnson national bureau of economic research march 2020. For two decades after world war ii. How it s changed since the 1970s. Enter pre tax gross income earned in full year 2019 january to december to compare to the us individual income distribution.
By contrast the us wealth distribution 2019 stats show that upper income families earned around 164 more money over the same period. This chart from personal finance site howmuch helps give us a clear and sobering picture of how wages are distributed in the us. Below is every household income percentile in 2020. Household income percentiles for the united states in 2020.
Rand senior mathematician carter price describes how income distribution and the sharing of economic growth has changed since the 1970s and has resulted in ninety percent of the population seeing little income growth. For a complete picture see the household income calculator. Aggregate wealth held by upper income families is on the rise. In 2015 about 46 4 of employees earning under 15 an hour were aged 35 or older.
Johnson bea paper february 2019 published in aea papers and proceedings may 2019. The raw average for wages in 2018 was 50 000 but unfortunately 67 43 of. According to the graph which uses 2018 wage data from the social security administration 46 51 of us workers earned less than 30 000. From 1983 to 2016 the share of aggregate wealth going to upper income families increased from 60 to 79.
While the summary statistics are nice there s no replacement for a more complete view of the us income distribution. Income distribution in the united states. As with the distribution of aggregate income the share of u s. Fixler marina gindelsky and david s.