Household Income Stable in December 2012

Median household income did not change between November and December 2012, according to the latest monthly update from Sentier Research. The December median of $51,088 was $83 less than the November median, a change that was not statistically significant.

Median household income in December 2012 was 4.6 percent lower than the median in June 2009, the end of the Great Recession. It was 7.0 percent lower than the median in December 2007, the start of the Great Recession. It was 7.9 percent lower than the median in January 2000. The Household Income Index for December 2012 was 92.1 (January 2000 = 100.0). 

For details on monthly changes in household income since January 2000, a spreadsheet is available from Sentier's web site for $25.00.

Source: Sentier Research, Trends in Household Income: December 2012