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by dragonwriter 1538 days ago
> The median household income in 2020 was $67,521

Median personal income is around $36k. [0] Annualized median earnings of the full-time employed are around $52k. [1] Households often have more multiple income earners.

[0] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA672N

[1] https://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.t01.htm

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Wikipedia notes, "The U.S. Census Bureau lists the annual real median personal income at $35,977 in 2019 with a base year of 2019 for all people over 15 years old.[3] The U.S. Census Bureau lists the annual real median earnings at $41,535 in 2020 for all workers with earnings[4] and lists the annual median earnings at $56,287 in 2020 for people who worked full-time, year round."