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The Distribution of Household Income, 2015

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In 2015, average household income before accounting for means-tested transfers and federal taxes was $20,000 for the lowest income quintile (fifth) and $292,000 for the highest quintile. Those transfers and taxes increased average household income toward the bottom of the income distribution and reduced income toward the top of the distribution. After accounting for the effects of transfers and taxes, average household income for the lowest and highest quintiles was $33,000 and $215,000, respectively, CBO estimates.

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  • Congressional Budget Office, 2018. "The Distribution of Household Income, 2015," Reports 54646, Congressional Budget Office.
    • Handle: RePEc:cbo:report:54646
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    1. Thomas Piketty & Emmanuel Saez & Gabriel Zucman, 2019. "Simplified Distributional National Accounts," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 109, pages 289-295, May.
    2. Jonathan Rothwell, 2019. "The Political Economy of Inequality in Rich Democracies," LIS Working papers 772, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
    3. Bruce D. Meyer & Derek Wu & Grace Finley & Patrick Langetieg & Carla Medalia & Mark Payne & Alan Plumley, 2020. "The Accuracy of Tax Imputations: Estimating Tax Liabilities and Credits Using Linked Survey and Administrative Data," NBER Chapters, in: Measuring Distribution and Mobility of Income and Wealth, pages 459-498, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Komlos John, 2018. "On the Accuracy of Estimating the Inflation Rate: Marty Feldstein as Dr. Pangloss," The Economists' Voice, De Gruyter, vol. 15(1), pages 1-3, December.
    5. Gerald Auten & David Splinter, 2019. "Top 1 Percent Income Shares: Comparing Estimates Using Tax Data," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 109, pages 307-311, May.
    6. Aparna Mathur & Cody Kallen, 2019. "Estimating the distributional implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act," AEI Economics Working Papers 1010239, American Enterprise Institute.
    7. Dimitri B. Papadimitriou & Michalis Nikiforos & Gennaro Zezza, 2019. "Can Redistribution Help Build a More Stable Economy?," Economics Strategic Analysis Archive sa_4_19, Levy Economics Institute.
    8. Mark C. Long, 2022. "Seattle's local minimum wage and earnings inequality," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 60(2), pages 528-542, April.
    9. Christopher Wimer & Zachary Parolin & Anny Fenton & Liana Fox & Christopher Jencks, 2020. "The Direct Effect of Taxes and Transfers on Changes in the U.S. Income Distribution, 1967–2015," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 57(5), pages 1833-1851, October.

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    JEL classification:

    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
    • H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
    • H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
    • J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General

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