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The United States has the highest level of income inequality in the Western world, according to a 2018 study by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. The United States has forty million people living in poverty, and more than half of these people live in "extreme" or "absolute" poverty.
The United States has the greatest income disparity among developed nations. [1] However, the inequality indicators vary considerably from state to state. States that have a high concentration of skilled jobs, implement regressive tax policies, or have weaker worker protections in general tend to have greater income inequalities.
This is the first annual increase since 2011, according to the Census Bureau’s “Income in the United States” report released Sept. 13. See: What Is the Highest Income for Food Stamps in 2022?
High income 40.6 2022 United States: Northern America: High income 41.3 2022 39.79 2022 39.6 2022 Uzbekistan: Central Asia: Lower middle income 31.2 2022 35.27 2003 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Caribbean: Upper middle income 40.00 2008 Venezuela: South America — 44.7 2006 37.80 2014 Vietnam: South-eastern Asia
While income inequality reached its highest levels since 1979 in 2020, inequality after credits and taxes was lower than in any year since 2009. That's according to a new report from the ...
The real median household income in the United States was about $74,580 a year in 2022, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve.
While pre-tax income is the primary driver of income inequality, the less progressive tax code further increased the share of after-tax income going to the highest income groups. For example, had these tax changes not occurred, the after-tax income share of the top 0.1% would have been approximately 4.5% in 2000 instead of the 7.3% actual figure.
The average American one-percenter's income of over $1.1 million is 25.3 times as much as the average income of everyone else -- $45,567. This map shows how bad income inequality is in your state ...