median income

Jan 12, 2022
Report shows growing impact of health insurance costs on American incomes
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Health insurance premiums and deductibles now take up more than 10 percent of median income in more than 30 states.
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Sep 12, 2017
American household income finally topped 1999 peak last year
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Incomes for a typical U.S. household rose to $59,039 in 2016.
May 15, 2017
My Economy: Making close to six figures as an intern
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As a PhD student, David Kuhns found an "internship" that matched his skills.
Sep 14, 2016
Median incomes are up, but is the economy improving?
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The latest numbers from the Census Bureau show fewer Americans are living in poverty.
Aug 5, 2015
SEC reform shines a light on CEO-to-worker pay ratio
Will the rule point out sky-high compensation or become a useless political tool?
Sep 20, 2013
Income, poverty and a new interactive from Marketplace
The U.S. Census released a report on the national median income and poverty rate this week. And Marketplace released a data tool on incomes to tell a bigger story about how we live at any income.
Sep 17, 2013
Is a future for a comfortable middle class just science fiction?
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A practitioner of the dismal science and a writer of dystopian sci-fi have competing takes on the survival of the middle class.
Sep 17, 2013
What median income can buy depends on where you live
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The Census releases U.S. median income data today. We visit two families to compare what it's like to live at the national median income and local median income.
Sep 3, 2013
A football fantasy: Ranking the NFL with economics
As the pro football season kicks off, the Marketplace Wealth & Poverty Desk is looking beyond passing yards and fumbles. Our W&P power rankings put the NFL team with the highest median income on top.
Jul 24, 2013
Who is the ‘middle class’ anyway?
We took at a look at the workers who make the median wage, and it's not who you'd think.