The median U.S. household income, adjusted for inflation, rose to an all-time high of $87,460 in 2025, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, showing that the country prospered in the first year of President Donald Trump‘s first term, even as measures of consumer sentiment began to fall toward multidec…
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Americans’ median household income rose 2.6% or $87,460, in 2025, the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to Census Bureau data released on Tuesday. This is the highest household income, which is adjusted for inflation, since the agency started me…
American households are earning more in real terms than they have in more than half a century, according to newly released census data that should help Republicans make the case in the midterm elections that they’ve delivered results on the economy.
Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 1968 to 2026 Annual Social and Economic Supplements ; Note: Census identifies breaks in the series in 2013 and 2017 due to methodological changes; Chart: Russell Contreras/Axios U.S.
Household Income Set Record High in 2025 Real median household income rose to the highest level on record last year, a new Census Bureau report reveals. In 2025, inflation-adjusted household income hit $87,460 , an increase of 2.
The numbers for 2025 just came out. And they are really good. It’s too bad we won’t know about 2026 until Sept 2027. But let’s look at what we do know…. Real (ie. inflation adjusted) Median Household Income… 2024 was 85,210 2025 was 87,460 That’s a one year gain of 2250 […]
The U.S. poverty rate fell to the lowest level on record in 2025 while median household income climbed to a record high, the Census Bureau said Tuesday. The official poverty rate dropped 0.5 percentage points to 10.2% last year, leaving
New Census data show real median household income climbed 2.6% to a record $87,460 in 2025, while poverty fell to 10.2% and child poverty reached an all time low of 13.4%.
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