4. Washington Source: Wikipedia User | GFDL Population: 7,740,984 Median Income: $94,952 Average Home Price: $519,800 Poverty Level: 9.9% Unemployment Rate: 5.0% More On Washington: Data | Rent Washington is the fourth richest state in the United States for 2025 according to the most re...
Adjusted for inflation, government data show that median household income rose by a few thousand dollars since 1979 to $51,017 in 2012 and remains below its level before the recession began in late 2007. By contrast, the top 1 percent has thrived. Their incomes averaged $1.26 million in 20...
You’re looking at the 12thlargest city by population in the wondrous state of Washington, and while that may not seem all that impressive you do need to realize the fact that the great majority of people that moved here are young adults that are looking to relax while also having as much...
Individual income by state: average, median, and top 1% Once again, here's a list of all 50 states (and Washington, D.C.), and some selected summary statistics, this time for individual incomes. You'll find the average, median, and top 1% individual income by state, plus the 25th an...
Wyoming ($55,500), Mississippi ($55,400), and West Virginia ($55,000) have the lowest median salary for entry-level electricians, while California ($66,300), New Jersey ($65,200), and Washington ($64,900) are the highest-paying states for electrical work. Want to unlock personalized...
I’ll close by reiterating that the solution to this mess is to get Washington out of the business of income redistribution. That already happened to a limited extent with Bill Clinton’s welfare reform. The recipe is simple: Take the existing amount of money that the federal government is...
(1993), "Estimation of Median Income for 4-Person Families by State," in Schaible, W. and Gonzalez, M. E. (eds.), Indirect Estimators in Federal Programs, Statistical Policy Working Paper 21, Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC., pp...
As of the fourth quarter of 2024, the median salary in the U.S was $61,984 per year, or $1,192 per week for full-time workers. By that metric, making $80,000 a year means you’re doing pretty good — and is likely considered middle class. But geography is either your friend or...
This map shows how much incomesingle adultsneed to live comfortably in each U.S. state.SmartAssetcalculated the income needed using the cost of necessities sourced from the MIT Living Wage Calculator, last updated on Feb. 14, 2024. In this case, “comfortable” was defined as the annual inco...
The District of Columbia is not a state, of course, but the U.S. Census Bureau includes it among the 50 states when listing median income. Its inclusion makes sense, given the fact that the District’s median income is higher than any state. As is likely unsurprising, the federal govern...