Lost Earning Potential Due to Involvement in the Criminal Justice System (2017)

Note: *In this table, $98,800 represents lifetime earnings lost due to a conviction in general, whether for a felony, a misdemeanor, or another offense. Because of data limitations, this report is not able to offer a more precise estimate.

† Because of potential overlap between categories, the actual annual aggregate loss may be smaller than $372.3 billion.
Source: Brennan Center analysis.