U.S. Household Incomes: A Snapshot

Learn about the U.S. household income distribution as a jumping-off point for understanding income inequality.

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Additional DataPost slides on income inequality:
Median Household Income: Life in the Middle
Income Inequality: Measuring the Gap

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Yellen, Janet L. (2013, February 11). "A Painfully Slow Recovery for America's Workers: Causes, Implications, and the Federal Reserve's Response." Speech presented at the "A Trans-Atlantic Agenda for Shared Prosperity" conference sponsored by the AFL-CIO, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, and the IMK Macroeconomic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.

"The Evolution of Top Incomes in the United States." FRBSF Video: Economics in Person (June 28, 2012).

"Rising U.S. Wage Inequality: Whither the Middle Class?" FRBSF Video: Economics in Person (June 28, 2012).