Chart 1. Income growth has slowed

Estimates of median household income trends by CBO and Census Bureau, 1979-2014 (1979 = 100)

Notes: "Census median household money income" is the Census Bureau's estimate of median household money income; "CBO median household before-tax" income includes market income plus social insurance benefits; "CBO median household after-tax" income includes CBO Before-tax income plus means-tested transfers minus federal taxes.
Source: Source: CBO, The Distribution of Household Income, 2014; and U.S. Census Bureau. Get the data