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👪 Median family income by Year (1953–2025)
In 1953 it paid $4,200 (per year). In 2025 it was $110,500, and the latest figure (2025) is $110,500. Adjusted for inflation, it was cheapest in 1954 and most expensive in 2025.
Price at the timeIn today's money
| Year | Price then | In today's money |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $110,500 | $115,647 |
| 2024 | $105,300 | $113,105 |
| 2023 | $100,800 | $111,465 |
| 2022 | $92,800 | $106,843 |
| 2021 | $88,600 | $110,170 |
| 2020 | $84,400 | $109,878 |
| 2019 | $86,000 | $113,343 |
| 2018 | $78,700 | $105,601 |
| 2017 | $76,100 | $104,606 |
| 2016 | $72,700 | $102,062 |
| 2015 | $70,700 | $100,506 |
| 2014 | $66,600 | $94,790 |
| 2013 | $65,500 | $94,737 |
| 2012 | $62,200 | $91,281 |
| 2011 | $61,000 | $91,373 |
| 2010 | $60,200 | $93,021 |
| 2009 | $60,100 | $94,390 |
| 2008 | $61,500 | $96,245 |
| 2007 | $61,400 | $99,778 |
| 2006 | $58,400 | $97,610 |
| 2005 | $56,200 | $96,963 |
| 2004 | $54,100 | $96,507 |
| 2003 | $52,700 | $96,526 |
| 2002 | $51,700 | $96,844 |
| 2001 | $51,400 | $97,809 |
| 2000 | $50,700 | $99,204 |
| 1999 | $48,800 | $98,710 |
| 1998 | $46,700 | $96,530 |
| 1997 | $44,600 | $93,620 |
| 1996 | $42,300 | $90,867 |
| 1995 | $40,600 | $89,772 |
| 1994 | $38,800 | $88,199 |
| 1993 | $37,000 | $86,300 |
| 1992 | $36,600 | $87,887 |
| 1991 | $35,900 | $88,817 |
| 1990 | $35,400 | $91,289 |
| 1989 | $34,200 | $92,955 |
| 1988 | $32,200 | $91,744 |
| 1987 | $31,000 | $91,926 |
| 1986 | $29,500 | $90,684 |
| 1985 | $27,700 | $86,767 |
| 1984 | $26,400 | $85,627 |
| 1983 | $24,600 | $83,220 |
| 1982 | $23,400 | $81,704 |
| 1981 | $22,400 | $83,007 |
| 1980 | $21,000 | $85,862 |
| 1979 | $19,600 | $90,996 |
| 1978 | $17,600 | $90,907 |
| 1977 | $16,000 | $88,949 |
| 1976 | $15,000 | $88,812 |
| 1975 | $13,700 | $85,774 |
| 1974 | $12,900 | $88,151 |
| 1973 | $12,100 | $91,824 |
| 1972 | $11,100 | $89,438 |
| 1971 | $10,300 | $85,708 |
| 1970 | $9,900 | $85,916 |
| 1969 | $9,400 | $86,341 |
| 1968 | $8,600 | $83,307 |
| 1967 | $7,900 | $79,796 |
| 1966 | $7,500 | $77,856 |
| 1965 | $7,000 | $74,857 |
| 1964 | $6,600 | $71,696 |
| 1963 | $6,200 | $68,213 |
| 1962 | $6,000 | $66,831 |
| 1961 | $5,700 | $64,250 |
| 1960 | $5,600 | $63,799 |
| 1959 | $5,400 | $62,418 |
| 1958 | $5,100 | $59,547 |
| 1957 | $5,000 | $59,971 |
| 1956 | $4,800 | $59,497 |
| 1955 | $4,400 | $55,370 |
| 1954 | $4,200 | $52,706 |
| 1953 | $4,200 | $52,869 |
How to read this
“Price then” is the average for that year. “In today's money” converts it to Sep 2026 dollars with the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), so you can see whether family income really got pricier or the dollar just shrank.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (series MEFAINUSA646N). Yearly figures are averages of the monthly or quarterly data.
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