Published September 15, 2026 10:06am ET | Updated September 15, 2026 11:01am ET
The median U.S. household income, adjusted for inflation, rose to an all-time high of $87,460 in 2025, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, showing that the country prospered in the first year of President Donald Trump‘s first term, even as measures of consumer sentiment began to fall toward multidecade lows.
The household income was a 2.6% increase from the year before.
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