Date Value Value
Dec 31, 2020 -1.72%
Dec 31, 2019 8.74%
Dec 31, 2018 2.95%
Dec 31, 2017 3.95%
Dec 31, 2016 4.46%
Dec 31, 2015 5.33%
Dec 31, 2014 3.31%
Dec 31, 2013 1.81%
Dec 31, 2012 1.93%
Dec 31, 2011 1.58%
Dec 31, 2010 -1.01%
Dec 31, 2009 -1.04%
Dec 31, 2008 0.14%
Dec 31, 2007 4.22%
Dec 31, 2006 4.05%
Dec 31, 2005 4.49%
Dec 31, 2004 2.35%
Dec 31, 2003 2.14%
Dec 31, 2002 0.43%
Dec 31, 2001 0.57%
Dec 31, 2000 3.18%
Dec 31, 1999 4.66%
Dec 31, 1998 5.08%
Dec 31, 1997 4.26%
Dec 31, 1996 4.16%
Dec 31, 1995 5.61%
Dec 31, 1994 3.27%
Dec 31, 1993 1.98%
Dec 31, 1992 1.69%
Dec 31, 1991 0.61%
Dec 31, 1990 3.59%
Dec 31, 1989 6.17%
Dec 31, 1988 4.47%
Dec 31, 1987 4.68%
Dec 31, 1986 5.41%
Dec 31, 1985 5.37%
Dec 31, 1984 7.33%
Dec 31, 1983 3.54%
Dec 31, 1982 5.75%
Dec 31, 1981 7.70%
Dec 31, 1980 7.59%
Dec 31, 1979 9.27%
Dec 31, 1978 10.99%
Dec 31, 1977 6.98%
Dec 31, 1976 7.51%
Dec 31, 1975 5.39%
Dec 31, 1974 6.52%
Dec 31, 1973 8.41%

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: 2020 > Table A-2