Date Value
Dec 31, 2022   5.36%
Dec 31, 2021   4.09%
Dec 31, 2020   -1.01%
Dec 31, 2019   8.73%
Dec 31, 2018   2.94%
Dec 31, 2017   3.95%
Dec 31, 2016   4.47%
Dec 31, 2015   5.33%
Dec 31, 2014   3.30%
Dec 31, 2013   1.80%
Dec 31, 2012   1.93%
Dec 31, 2011   1.58%
Dec 31, 2010   -1.01%
Dec 31, 2009   -1.05%
Dec 31, 2008   0.15%
Dec 31, 2007   4.22%
Dec 31, 2006   4.04%
Dec 31, 2005   4.49%
Dec 31, 2004   2.35%
Dec 31, 2003   2.15%
Dec 31, 2002   0.42%
Dec 31, 2001   0.57%
Dec 31, 2000   3.17%
Dec 31, 1999   4.65%
Dec 31, 1998   5.09%
Dec 31, 1997   4.26%
Dec 31, 1996   4.16%
Dec 31, 1995   5.61%
Dec 31, 1994   3.28%
Dec 31, 1993   1.97%
Dec 31, 1992   1.68%
Dec 31, 1991   0.62%
Dec 31, 1990   3.58%
Dec 31, 1989   6.18%
Dec 31, 1988   4.47%
Dec 31, 1987   4.67%
Dec 31, 1986   5.42%
Dec 31, 1985   5.37%
Dec 31, 1984   7.32%
Dec 31, 1983   3.54%
Dec 31, 1982   5.74%
Dec 31, 1981   7.71%
Dec 31, 1980   7.58%
Dec 31, 1979   9.27%
Dec 31, 1978   10.99%
Dec 31, 1977   7.00%
Dec 31, 1976   7.50%
Dec 31, 1975   5.39%

US Median Income Growth Rate Per Year. Annual percentage change in US Median Income, current dollars (not inflation-adjusted).

For an inflation-adjusted comparision with the past, see US Median Real Income Growth.

Source: US Census Bureau > Income and Poverty in the United States: 2022 > Table A-2