Income Statistics

Your review of national statistics on income and earnings will help ensure that you pay rates that are fair based on the marketplace. The resources below will provide you with current statistics on income and earnings of people in the United States.

Reports earnings by state, education, occupation and gender compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Shares income statistics from several major household surveys and programs from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Offers databases, tables and calculators by subject from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Provides comprehensive measures of wages, employment cost trends and benefit incidence and detailed plan provisions, tabulated by the National Compensation Survey (NCS).

Gives poverty data from several major household surveys and programs.

Reports average hourly salary per month.

Provides detailed information on cash and noncash income as well as data on taxes, assets, liabilities and participation in government transfer programs.

Gives reports on the usual weekly earnings of wage and salary workers.


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