Compare: Household Income in America

[nuisance26]

In depth encyclopedia article with lots of charts. A real eye-opener for me to see how others are doing. And confirmed my assumption that we are currently a low income household. [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States[/ame]

[Jenna]

Wow. the rich get richer. If you combine my SO's and my incomes, we're doing ok.

On my own... not so good.

[i.m.cheap]

Count us among the "working poor". We earn just under $25,000 a year.

[pammy]

Yikes, our state is ranked 42nd on the income scale, with the average median income at $38,281, below the national average. We're doing better than that, now, but you never know what's around the corner. The 80's oil bust still lingers in every household dependent on oilfield income.