Median Income

Majority Of Americans Satisfied With Finances, But Economy Still Taking Toll

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 12.27.2011

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The majority of Americans say they're satisfied with their future prospects, but their feelings have dimmed since 1998, when the U.S. economy was stro...

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Dream Out Of Reach? Switching Income Classes More Difficult In Recent Years, Report Finds

Posted 01.07.2012

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The American Dream, that well-worn belief that anyone can pick themselves up by their bootstraps, just isn't what it use to be. Income mobility, or...

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Inflation-Adjusted Income For Median Male Worker Hits 1968 Levels

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Unemployment, Poverty, US Median Income, Inflation, Inflation-Adjusted Income, Census Data, Median Income, Politics News

Yo, this one goes out to all the median male workers in the house. How you livin' median male workers? Before you answer that, let me guess. You're ho...

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Small, Median and Obscenely Large: There's Nothing Average About the Middle Class

Tony Phillips | Posted 08.21.2011

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SAN DIEGO -- I live with my wife and a 13-year-old and while each of us is different, we do all agree on some fundamental issues. Here are three thing...

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States With The Oldest And Youngest Residents

24/7 Wall St. | Michael B. Sauter, Douglas A. McIntyre | Posted 07.10.2011

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All fifty states will not carry the US economy to a recovery, if it can recover entirely at all. A careful look at the patterns of aging, births, and ...

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The States Where People Can't Afford Gas

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 06.28.2011

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Gas prices fluctuate sharply from state to state. Regular unleaded fuel costs $4.17 per gallon in Alabama, while the price is below $3.50 in other sta...

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Zero Hedge: What Life Is Like For The Median Earner

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over at Zero Hedge, guest blogger Graham Summers of Phoenix Capital Research has laid out what life is like for Americans earning the "median" income ...

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A Decade Of Economic Whiplash Finally Ends

AP | Adam Geller | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — It began as an age of economic wonders. A time when a dot-com startup that never came close to a profit spent millions to make a sin...

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The Richest Counties In America (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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By now it's become obvious that the wealthy aren't immune to the recession. In October, The Wall Street Journal reported foreclosures were growing in...

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After Layoffs, Incomes Can Take Years To Recover

nytimes.com | MICHAEL LUO | Posted 05.25.2011

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RIVIERA BEACH, Fla.- Chuck Dettman said he had not really considered the notion back in 2001 that he and his friends in a job-search support group wou...

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Consider Yourself Middle Class? Think Again

Chicago Tribune | John Keilman and Gerry Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new report by the Pew Research Center highlights a paradox of the American middle class: Most people, no matter where they fall on the economic spec...

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