Mean Income by Fraction of US households population

Shows average income at the fraction of the population of US households (ex 34% of people make on average $3,771 or less) in 2014 dollars. Source: Census Bureau.

GDP Share by population and salary

• Share of income of US households by quintile, adjusted. We pulled out the top 5% and combined the bottom 40% to show the change in US GDP.
• Note in particular the spike in the Top 5% during the Reagan administration. Also includes yearly change.

Family income growth across all rich and poor families in the last 50 years

Growth in family income of US households for the last 50 years. You can slide the Year bar to narrow down the years

Income analysis by Gender in 2014

Average income in 2014 for men and women, showing inequality that exists between the sexes.
Source: Census Bureau.

Income analysis by Gender for the past 50 years

Average income over time for men and women. Also shows the difference between average incomes.
The difference actually appears to be shrinking, but there is a noticeable gap throughout the data. Source: Census Bureau.

Income analysis by Race in 2014

Average income by race in 2014. Source: Census Bureau.

Income analysis by Race for the past 50 years

Change in average household income by race. Notice that not all races were counted at the same time. We have also included a line for the average across all races to make comparison easy.
Source: Census Bureau.

Median Household income across United States

Geographical visualization to show median household income across United States

CEO to Worker Pay Ratio

Average CEO pay to average worker pay. We have noted several major events to provide context, although this should not be interpreted as a causal claim.
Source: EPI

Gini Coefficient

A graph demonstrating the gini coefficient in 1999 and the change in gini coefficient from 1999 to 2010. The Gini Coefficient is a commonly used measure of inequality (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient) where 1.0 represents a perfectly unequal society and 0 is a perfectly equal society. This shows the geographic distribution of income inequality.
Source: Census Bureau

Income analysis by Age in 2014

Average income by age in 2014. Source: Paper published by Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Piketty.

Income analysis by Education in 2014

Average income by education in 2014. Source: Paper published by Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Piketty.