Wage and Income Growth: Four Different Sources, Six Different Data/Trend
Recently released data from the Census revealed that in 2019 household income grew by 6.8% to reach $68,703—highest ever since the Census started collecting data. Before you compare your own salary increase in 2019 to the reported number, keep in mind that there are many wage and income growth surveys done by different Government entities that widely vary in the reported number due to methodological differences. For example, the chart above of different wage and income growth