The Growing Wealth Inequality in America: Why the Increase in Average Net Worth is Cause for Concern
It is no secret that the average net worth of Americans has been on the rise in recent years. In fact, according to a recent study, the average net worth of Americans in 2022 has reached an all-time high. This is great news for those who have been able to accumulate wealth, but for many […]
The math on income inequality: Average annual income of the top 1% is $1,153,293 while that of the bottom 99% is $45,567.
Part of the challenge with distorted income distributions is that it hollows out the middle class. The middle class in the United States is now a minority. We have more people making higher incomes and more people making way less and this group is growing much faster. Our economy has taken a bimodal distribution with […]
Average Salary in US: What does the average salary in the USA have to do with economic issues for a consumption based economy?
What is the average salary in the US? It is a challenge to get your hands on this data since a big portion of income figures are reported via median household income. In the US, the latest Census figures from 2008 to 2012 show that a typical household earned $53,000. Per capita income in the […]
How much do Americans earn? What is the average US income and other income figures. Fiscal cliff talks only useful in context of incomes.
With talk of the fiscal cliff taking up most of the headlines it is probably useful to look at income figures for Americans. The media rarely discusses income because it is a touchy subject. It probably would not be savvy in a marketing sense to tell viewers that their incomes have been stuck in the […]