Thursday, February 28, 2013

Household Income Stable in January 2013

Median household income did not change between December 2012 and January 2013, according to the latest monthly update from Sentier Research. The January median of $51,584 was $46 more than the December median, a change that was not statistically significant.

Median household income in January 2013 was 4.5 percent lower than the median in June 2009, the end of the Great Recession. It was 6.2 percent lower than the median in December 2007, the start of the Great Recession. It was 7.3 percent lower than the median in January 2000. The Household Income Index for January 2013 was 92.7 (January 2000 = 100.0). 

Source: Sentier Research, Trends in Household Income: January 2013

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