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Lyft
Type
Transportation network company
Industry
Transportation networking
Founded
June 2012; 5 years ago (2012-06)
Founders
Logan Green, CEO
John Zimmer, President
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Key people
Derek Kan, General Manager
Services
Taxicab, Vehicle for hire
Revenue
US$ 700 million (2016)[1]
Net income
US$ -600 million (2016)[1]
Website
www.lyft.com
Lyft is a transportation network company based in San Francisco, California. It develops, markets and operates the Lyft car transportation mobile app.[2][3][4] Launched in June 2012, Lyft operates in approximately 300 U.S. cities,[5] including New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles[6] and provides 18.7 million rides a month.[7] The company was valued at US$7.5 billion as of April 2017 and has raised a total of US$2.61 billion in funding.[8]
Contents
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1 Operation
1.1 Safety
1.1.1 Ratings
1.1.2 Insurance
2 History
2.1 Establishment
2.2 Financial Results
2.3 Financing
2.3.1 Financing history
2.4 Regulatory opposition and momentum
2.5 Self-driving car research
2.6 Financial results
3 Competition
4 Reception
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Operation[edit]
Riders must download the Lyft mobile app to their iOS or Android-based phone, sign up, enter a valid phone number, and enter a valid form of payment (either a credit card, or link to an Apple Pay, Google Wallet or PayPal account).[9] Passengers can then request a ride from a nearby driver. Once confirmed, the app shows the driver's name, ratings by past passengers, and photos of the driver and car.[10] Drivers and passengers can add personal information to their profiles about their hometown, music preferences, and other details to encourage drivers and passengers to converse during the ride.[11] After the ride is over, the rider is given the opportunity to provide a gratuity to the driver, which is also billed to the rider's payment method.[12]
Lyft offers four types of rides within the app:
Lyft Line, which is not available in all cities, is the cheapest option and will match passengers with other riders if they are going in the same direction.[13]
Lyft is the basic and most popular offering that matches passengers with nearby drivers.
Lyft Plus matches passengers with a six-seater car.[14]
Lyft Premier matches passengers with a luxury car.[15]
Safety[edit]
One tenet of Lyft’s platform is establishing trust among its users.[16] All drivers undergo the following screening processes:
Department of Motor Vehicle, sex offender registries in the United States, and personnel-type criminal background checks. The criminal background check goes back seven years and includes national and county-level databases, as well as national sex offender registries.[17]
In-person interviews with current Lyft drivers.[18]
Drivers must be 21 years or older and have had a driver's license for more than 1 year.[17]
Zero-tolerance drug and alcohol policy.[17]
Ratings[edit]
After a ride is completed, drivers and passengers are given the opportunity to rate each other on a scale of 1 to 5 stars.[19] Any driver averaging a low rating by users is dropped from the service.[17] Lyft does not allow passengers to know their rating.[20]
Insurance[edit]
Although Lyft drivers are classified as independent contractors, Lyft also insures each driver with a US$1 million commercial liability policy that is primary to a driver’s personal policy. Additional coverage includes:[21]
Contingent comprehensive and collision coverage up to $50,000 with a $2,500 deductible. (Applies from the time a driver accepts a ride request until the time the ride is ended in the app.)
Contingent liability coverage up to $50,000 per person/$100,000 per accident/$25,000 property damage. (Applies from the time when a driver flips into driver mode until the driver accepts a ride request.)
Uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage up to $1 million. (Applies from the time a driver accepts a ride request in the app until the time the ride is ended in the app.)
History[edit]
See also: Timeline of Lyft
A Lyft vehicle in Santa Monica, California, with the original grill-stache branding, since retired
Establishment[edit]
Lyft was launched in the summer of 2012 by Logan Green and John Zimmer as a service of Zimride, a long-distance ridesharing company the two founded in 2007.[22] Zimride focused on ridesharing for longer trips, often between cities,[23] and linked drivers and passengers through the Facebook Connect application.[24] Zimride eventually became the largest rideshare program in the United States (U.S.).[25][26]
Green had the inspiration for Zimride after sharing rides from the University of California, Santa Barbara campus to visit his girlfriend in Los Angeles.[27] He had used Craigslist’s ride boards but wanted to eliminate the anxiety of not knowing the passenger or driver.[27] When Facebook opened its API to third-party developers, Green said he thought "Here’s the missing ingredient."[27] Green was introduced to John Zimmer through a mutual friend and the pair initially met on Facebook.[28] The company name comes from the country Zimbabwe, where, during a trip in 2005, Green observed locals sharing minivan taxis.[29][28] He said, "I came back to the US inspired to create that same form of transportation here."[30] Green had coding experience and was able to develop the site in four months.[29][31] Zimride launched the first version of the rideshare program at Cornell University, where, after six months, the service had signed up 20% of the campus.[32][33] By using Facebook profile information, student drivers and passengers could learn about each other.[34]
In May 2013, the company officially changed its name from Zimride to Lyft.[35] The change from Zimride to Lyft was the result of a hackathon that sought a means of daily engagement with its users, instead of once or twice a year.[36]
Transition to Lyft
Whereas Zimride was focused on college campuses, Lyft launched as an on-demand ridesharing network for shorter trips within cities.[34] Similar to Zimride, the app connects drivers with cars to passengers that need rides. Drivers and passengers rate each other on a five-star scale after each ride,[16] and the ratings establish the reputations of both drivers and passengers within the network.[16] In order to take advantage of the Lyft system, clients must set up an account that links directly to a funding source such as a debit card or PayPal account.[37] Once the ride is completed, funds are debited from the funding source.[38] Lyft then retains 20% from drivers who applied before January 2016 and 25% from those who applied starting January 2016 of this total as a commission.[39]
As a brand, Lyft became known for the large pink furry mustaches drivers attached to the front of their cars.[40] Riders were also encouraged to sit in the front seat and fist bump with drivers upon meeting.[41] In January 2015, Lyft introduced a small, glowing plastic dashboard mustache it called a "glowstache" as an alternative to the large fuzzy mustaches on the front of cars.[42] The transition was to help overcome the resistance of some riders to arrive at destinations, such as business meetings, in a car with a giant mustache.[42] In December 2016, Lyft introduced a new color-changing dashboard indicator called "Amp."[43]
In April 2014, Lyft launched in 24 new U.S. cities in 24 hours, bringing its total to 60 U.S. cities.[44] In August 2014, the company introduced Lyft Line, allowing passengers to split fare on shared rides.[45]
Due to regulatory hurdles in New York City, the company decided to significantly alter its business model to establish Lyft on the East Coast. Lyft’s launch in New York City occurred on the evening of July 25, 2014 and, in accordance with the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) and the approval of the Manhattan Supreme Court, only drivers registered with the TLC were permitted to drive Lyft-branded vehicles in New York City.[46]
In May 2016, Lyft began offering a service to let clients schedule rides up to 24-hours in advance.[47] Also in the summer of 2016, Lyft started to offer riders the ability to make multiple stops during a trip.
In January 2017, Lyft announced it would add 100 U.S. cities, bringing its total to 300 U.S. cities served.[5]
Financial Results[edit]
The company announced it grew ride numbers and revenue by fivefold in 2014.[48]
The company said revenue grew 250% to US$700 million in 2016, on a loss of US$600 million.[49]
Financing[edit]
Lyft is valued at US$7.5 billion.[8] As of January 2016, Lyft had raised more than US$2 billion from investors General Motors (US$500M), Alibaba, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, Didi Kuaidi, fbFund, Floodgate, Fontinalis Group, Fortress, Founders Fund, GSV Capital, Icahn Enterprises, Janus Capital Management, K9 Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Prince Alwaleed's Kingdom Holdings Company, Rakuten, Tencent, and Third Point Ventures.[50][51][52][53][50][54][55]
Financing history[edit]
In May 2013, Lyft completed a US$60 million Series C venture financing round led by Andreessen Horowitz and including Founders Fund, Mayfield Fund, K9 Ventures, and Floodgate Fund.[56][57]
In July 2013, Lyft sold Zimride to Enterprise Holdings, the parent company of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, to enable the company to focus exclusively on the growth of Lyft.[58]
In April 2014, Lyft completed a $250 million Series D financing round led by Coatue Management, Alibaba Group, and Andreessen Horowitz, bringing its total amount raised to $332.5 million.[50] In March 2015, the company received a $530 million investment from a group led by Japanese online retailer Rakuten Inc. In May 2015, Lyft received an additional $150 million in investment, including a $100 million investment from Carl Icahn based on a valuation of $2.5 billion, which brought the total raised to over $1 billion.[59][60]
On January 4, 2016, Lyft announced a partnership with U.S. automaker General Motors, which invested $500 million as part of a $1 billion fundraising effort. The partnership is designed to help both companies accelerate in the ride-sharing market, as well as the autonomous car arena.[61] In conjunction with GM's investment, Prince al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia also made an investment in Lyft which included the purchase of $148 million worth of existing stock from Andreessen Horowitz and Founders Fund.[62]
In April 2017, Lyft raised $600 million in funding from KKR at a $7.5 billion post-money valuation.[8][63]
On June 6, 2017, Lyft announced a new partnership with Boston-based autonomous self-driving car start-up NuTonomy with the aim of eventually putting thousands of autonomous, on-demand vehicles on the road.[64]
In September 2017, it was announced that Alphabet Inc. may take a $1 billion stake in Lyft.[65]
Regulatory opposition and momentum[edit]
Lyft’s distinctive pink mustache was the first branding the company used until 2015 when it switched to a smaller, glowing magenta mustache that sits on a driver's dashboard.
Like many peer-to-peer startups, Lyft faces legal and regulatory hurdles and has been criticized by established commercial enterprises, including taxi services.
In the fall of 2012, the California Public Utilities Commission issued a cease and desist letter to Lyft (along with Uber and Sidecar) and fined each $20,000.[66] However, in 2013 an interim agreement was reached that reversed those actions. In June 2013, Lyft, Uber and Sidecar were served with cease and desist letters by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation.[67] In September 2013, the California Public Utilities Commission unanimously voted to make the agreement permanent, and created a new category of service called Transportation Network Companies, making California the first state to recognize and regulate such services.[68]
The Washington, D.C. City Council passed emergency legislation in September 2013 to allow ridesharing platforms like Lyft to operate.[69]
The Seattle City Council passed an ordinance in March 2014 that capped Lyft drivers on the road at any given time to 150. As that failed to function with Lyft's model, the company supported a coalition that submitted a referendum containing 36,000 signatures from residents that called for the ordinance to be appealed.[70] Following the signatures, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray worked with Lyft to reach a deal in July 2014 that legalized ridesharing in Seattle.
In the spring of 2014, Lyft hired two lobbying firms, TwinLogic Strategies and Jochum Shore & Trossevin, to address the regulatory barriers and opposition it had received since its launch.[71]
In May 2014, Lyft signed a temporary operating agreement with the city of Detroit that allows operation under a specific set of rules for two years or until new regulations are developed.[72]
In June 2014, Colorado became the first state to pass rules for TNCs through the legislative process, when S 125 was signed into law.[73]
In July 2014, the Minneapolis City Council voted almost unanimously to legalize Lyft and other Transportation Network Companies.[74]
In September 2015, Lyft announced a relocation of their customer service operations to Nashville and mentioned that a full relocation would be possible in the future from San Francisco.[75]
In December 2015, Lyft became the first ride-hailing service allowed to pick up passengers at Los Angeles International Airport.[76]
Other cities and states such as Austin,[77] Nashville,[78] Tulsa[79] and Illinois[80] have passed laws to regulate or outlaw Lyft and other TNCs.
On May 18 after passing of HB 100 by the Texas House and Senate, Lyft announced their planned return to Austin and began communicating with former riders in anticipation[81]
Lyft, like other ride-sharing services, has been criticized by government officials for operating what they consider to be unlicensed taxi services. For example, upon expansion into Virginia in April 2014, the Virginia Department of Transportation levied a $9,000 civil penalty against Lyft for failure to register as a transportation broker. Virginia DoT had previously communicated with the company and informed it that it had to register in order to provide services inside the Commonwealth. In August, state officials reversed their ruling and allowed Lyft to operate in Virginia.[82]
In 2016, Lyft offered promotions to attract public transit customers affected by transit service disruptions. During Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's SafeTrack construction Lyft offered deep discounts in the areas impacted,[83] and after Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ended late night service Lyft discounted trips during the overnight times impacted.[84]
Self-driving car research[edit]
On May 5, 2016, Lyft and General Motors announced, as part of their partnership, that they planned to begin testing self-driving cars within the next year. They were considering using a self-driving Chevrolet Bolt for this purpose.[85]
Financial results[edit]
As a privately held enterprise, Lyft doesn't publish detailed financial statements.[86]
In 2014, the company said it had grown ride numbers and revenue fivefold.[87] In January 2017 the company announced it facilitated 160 million rides combined in all cities where it operates.[88]
According to Bloomberg L.P., Lyft lost $600 million in 2016 while increasing its revenue 250% for the year. With $1 billion in cash reserves, it predicts profitability in 2018.[86]
Competition[edit]
Lyft faces competition from Haxi, Uber, Via, and other car service startups. Lyft's global alliance includes China's Didi Chuxing, India's Ola Cabs, and Southeast Asia's Grab.
Reception[edit]
In 2013, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee proclaimed July 13 as Lyft Day.[89]
Beyond its fundraising and user adoption numbers, investors and commentators have praised Lyft's sense of "community". In May 2013, Scott Weiss of Andreessen Horowitz said the venture capital firm ultimately decided to invest in Lyft because of its strong community and transparency. He wrote in his blog, "Lyft is a real community—with both the drivers and riders being inherently social—making real friendships and saving money."[90]
In September 2012, Drew Olanoff of TechCrunch wrote, "You feel like you're in the car with a friend, and that's no mistake...Whether it's bringing someone a sandwich for the ride or letting them choose the music in the car, Lyft drivers have their own budding community growing."[91] In May 2013, Jessica Gelt wrote in the Los Angeles Times, "Lyft's marketing strategy, which is geared toward the young and technologically savvy, draws a relaxed and friendly demographic."[92] Others have protested the impact of Lyft and its competitors on the taxicab industry.[93]
See also[edit]
Collaborative consumption
Microtransit
Online platforms for collaborative consumption
Sharing economy (commercial peer-to-peer mutualization systems)
Timeline of Lyft
Transportation as a Service
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Household income in the United States
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For information on the income of individuals, see Personal income in the United States.
This article needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2015)
U.S. real median household income (1984–2016)
Map of states by median household income in 2015. Darker blue indicates higher income; the detail is included in the image page.
Household income is an economic measure that can be applied to one household, or aggregated across a large group such as a county, city, or the whole country. It is commonly used by the United States government and private institutions to describe a household's economic status or to track economic trends in the US.
One key measure is the real median level, meaning half of households have income above that level and half below, adjusted for inflation. According to the Census, this measure was $59,039 in 2016, a record high. This was the largest two year percentage increase on record.[1]
The distribution of U.S. household income has become more unequal since around 1980, with the income share received by the top 1% trending upward from around 10% or less over the 1953–1981 period to over 20% by 2007.[2] After falling somewhat due to the Great Recession in 2008 and 2009, inequality rose again during the economic recovery, a typical pattern historically.[3][4]
Contents
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1 Definition
2 Recent trends
3 Uses
4 Median inflation-adjusted ("real") household income
4.1 CBO income growth study
5 Mean household income
6 Mean vs. median household income
7 Aggregate income distribution
8 Household income and demographics
8.1 Racial and ethnic groups
8.2 Education and gender
8.3 Age of householder
8.4 Household size
8.5 Geography
8.5.1 Income by state
9 Social class
10 Distribution of household income
10.1 Distribution of household income in 2014 according to US Census data
11 See also
12 References
13 External links
Definition[edit]
A household's income can be calculated various ways but the US Census as of 2009 measured it in the following manner: the income of every resident of that house that is over the age of 15, including wages and salaries, as well as any kind of governmental entitlement such as unemployment insurance, disability payments or child support payments received, along with any personal business, investment, or other recurring sources of income.[5]
The residents of the household do not have to be related to the head of the household for their earnings to be considered part of the household's income.[6] As households tend to share a similar economic context, the use of household income remains among the most widely accepted measures of income. That the size of a household is not commonly taken into account in such measures may distort any analysis of fluctuations within or among the household income categories, and may render direct comparisons between quintiles difficult or even impossible.[7]
Recent trends[edit]
U.S. economic growth is not translating into higher median family incomes. Real GDP per household has typically increased since the year 2000, while real median income per household was below 1999 levels until 2016, indicating a trend of greater income inequality.[8]
Total compensation's share of GDP has declined by 4.5 percentage points from 1970 to 2016. This implies that the share attributed to capital increased in that period.
U.S. real wages (i.e. production) for ordinary (i.e. non-supervisory) workers remain slightly below their 1970s peak.[9]
The U.S. Census Bureau reported in September 2017 that real median household income was $59,039 in 2016, exceeding any previous year. This was the fourth consecutive year with a statistically significant increase by their measure.[10]
Changes in median income reflect several trends: the aging of the population, changing patterns in work and schooling, and the evolving makeup of the American family, as well as long- and short-term trends in the economy itself. For instance, the retirement of the Baby Boom generation should push down overall median income, as more persons enter lower-income retirement. However, analysis of different working age groups indicate a similar pattern of stagnating median income as well.[11]
Journalist Annie Lowrey wrote in September 2014: "The root causes [of wage stagnation] include technological change, the decline of labor unions, and globalization, economists think, though they disagree sharply on how much to weight each factor. But foreign-produced goods became sharply cheaper, meaning imports climbed and production moved overseas. And computers took over for humans in many manufacturing, clerical, and administrative tasks, eroding middle-class jobs growth and suppressing wages."[12]
Another line of analysis, known as "total compensation," presents a more complete picture of real wages. The Kaiser Family Foundation conducted a study in 2013 which shows that employer contributions to employee healthcare costs went up 78% from 2003 to 2013.[13] The marketplace has made a trade-off: expanding benefits packages vs. increasing wages.
Measured relative to GDP, total compensation and its component wages and salaries have been declining since 1970. This indicates a shift in income from labor (persons who derive income from hourly wages and salaries) to capital (persons who derive income via ownership of businesses, land and assets). This trend is common across the developed world, due in part to globalization.[14] Wages and salaries have fallen from approximately 51% GDP in 1970 to 43% GDP in 2013. Total compensation has fallen from approximately 58% GDP in 1970 to 53% GDP in 2013.[15]
However, as indicated by the charts below, household income has still increased significantly since the late 1970s and early 80s in real terms, partly due to higher individual median wages, and partly due to increased opportunities for women.
According to the CBO, between 1979 and 2011, gross median household income, adjusted for inflation, rose from $59,400 to $75,200, or 26.5%.[16] However, once adjusted for household size and looking at taxes from an after-tax perspective, real median household income grew 46%, representing significant growth.[17]
Uses[edit]
Use of individual household income: The government and organizations may look at one particular household's income to decide if a person is eligible for certain programs, such as nutrition assistance [18] or need-based financial aid,[19] among many others.
Use at the aggregate level: Summaries of household incomes across groups of people - often the entire country - are also studied as part of economic trends like standard of living and distribution of income and wealth. Household income as an economic measure can be represented as a median, a mean, a distribution, and other ways. Household income can be studied across time, region, education level, race/ethnicity, and many other dimensions. As an indicator of economic trends, it may be studied along with related economic measures such as disposable income, debt, household net worth (which includes debt and investments, durable goods like cars and houses), wealth, and employment statistics.
Median inflation-adjusted ("real") household income[edit]
Median inflation-adjusted ("real") household income generally increases and decreases with the business cycle, declining in each year during the periods 1979 through 1983, 1990 through 1993, 2000 through 2004 and 2008 through 2012, while rising in each of the intervening years.[16] Extreme poverty in the United States, meaning households living on less than $2 per day before government benefits, more than doubled from 636,000 to 1.46 million households (including 2.8 million children) between 1996 and 2011, with most of this increase occurring between late 2008 and early 2011.[20]
US county household median income 2012.
CBO income growth study[edit]
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office conducted a study analyzing household income throughout the income distribution, by combining the Census and IRS income data sources. Unlike the Census measure of household income, the CBO showed income before and after taxes, and by also taking into account household size.[21] Also, the CBO definition of income is much broader, and includes in kind transfers as well as all monetary transfers from the government.[21] The Census' official definition of money income excludes food stamps and the EITC, for example, while CBO includes it.
Between 1979 and 2011, gross median household income, adjusted for inflation, rose from $59,400 to $75,200, or 26.5%. This compares with the Census' growth of 10%.[16] However, once adjusted for household size and looking at taxes from an after-tax perspective, real median household income grew 46%, representing significant growth.[17]
While median gross household income showed much stronger growth than depicted by the Census, inequality was shown to still have increased. The top 10% saw gross household income grow by 78%, versus 26.5% for the median. Interestingly, the bottom 10%, using the same measure, saw higher growth than the median (40%).[17]
Mean household income[edit]
Another common measurement of personal income is the mean household income. Unlike the median household income, which divides all households in two halves, the mean income is the average income earned by American households. In the case of mean income, the income of all households is divided by the number of all households.[22] The mean income is usually more affected by the relatively unequal distribution of income which tilts towards the top.[23] As a result, the mean tends to be higher than the median income, with the top earning households boosting it. Overall, the mean household income in the United States, according to the US Census Bureau 2014 Annual Social and Economic Supplement, was $72,641.[24]
The US Census Bureau also provides a breakdown by self-identified ethnic groups as follows (as of March 2014):
Mean household income by ethnicity[24]
Ethnic category
Mean household income
Asian alone $90,752
White alone $79,340
Hispanic or Latino $54,644
Black $49,629
Mean vs. median household income[edit]
Median income is the amount which divides the income distribution into two equal groups, half having income above that amount, and half having income below that amount. Mean income (average) is the amount obtained by dividing the total aggregate income of a group by the number of units in that group. The means and medians for households and families are based on all households and families. Means and medians for people are based on people 15 years old and over with income.
—  US Census Bureau, Frequently Asked Question, published by First Gov.[22]
Aggregate income distribution[edit]
The aggregate income measures the combined income earned by all persons in a particular income group. In 2007, all households in the United States earned roughly $7.723 trillion.[25] One half, 49.98%, of all income in the US was earned by households with an income over $100,000, the top twenty percent. Over one quarter, 28.5%, of all income was earned by the top 8%, those households earning more than $150,000 a year. The top 3.65%, with incomes over $200,000, earned 17.5%. Households with annual incomes from $50,000 to $75,000, 18.2% of households, earned 16.5% of all income. Households with annual incomes from $50,000 to $95,000, 28.1% of households, earned 28.8% of all income. The bottom 10.3% earned 1.06% of all income.
Household income and demographics[edit]
Racial and ethnic groups[edit]
Main article: List of ethnic groups in the United States by household income
personal and household income
in the United States Census
in 2005
White Americans made up roughly 75.1% of all people in 2000,[26] 87.93% of all households in the top 5% were headed by a person who identified as being White alone. Only 4.75% of all household in the top 5% were headed by someone who identified as Hispanic or Latino of any race,[27] versus 12.5% of persons identifying themselves as Hispanic or Latino in the general population.[26]
Overall, 86.01% of all households in the top two quintiles with upper-middle range incomes of over $55,331 were headed by someone identifying as White alone, while 7.21% were being headed by someone who identified as Hispanic and 7.37% by someone who identified as African American or Black.[27] Overall, households headed by Hispanics and African Americans were underrepresented in the top two quintiles and overrepresented in the bottom two quintiles. Households headed by people who identified as being Asian alone were also overrepresented among the top two quintiles. In the top five percent the percentage of Asians was nearly twice as high as the percentage of Asians among the general population. Whites were relatively even distributed throughout the quintiles only being underrepresented in the lowest quintile and slightly overrepresented in the top quintile and the top five percent.[27]
In terms of race in 2010 data, Asian American households had the highest median household income of $57,518, European-American households ranked second with $48,977, Hispanic or Latino households ranked third with $34,241. African-American or Black households had the lowest median household income of all races with $30,134.[28]
Ethnic group
All households
Lowest fifth
Second fifth
Middle fifth
Fourth fifth
Highest fifth
Top 5%
White alone Number in 1000s 92,702 16,940 18,424 18,978 19,215 19,721 5,029
Percentage 81.93% 74.87% 81.42% 83.87% 84.92% 87.16% 87.93%
Asian alone Number in 1000s 4,140 624 593 786 871 1,265 366
Percentage 3.65% 2.76% 2.26% 3.47% 3.84% 5.59% 6.46%
Black Number in 1000s 13,792 4,474 3,339 2,637 2,053 1,287 236
Percentage 12.19% 19.77% 14.75% 11.65% 9.07% 5.69% 4.17%
Hispanic or Latino
(of any race) Number in 1000s 12,838 3,023 3,130 2,863 1,931 1,204 269
Percentage 11.33% 13.56% 13.83% 12.20% 8.53% 5.89% 4.75%
Source: US Census Bureau, 2004[27]
Education and gender[edit]
Median annual household income in accordance with the householder's educational attainment. The data only applies to household with a householder over the age of twenty-five.[29]
Household income as well as per capita income in the United States rise significantly as the educational attainment increases.[30] In 2005 graduates with a Master's in Business Administration (MBA) who accepted job offers were expected to earn a base salary of $88,626. They were also expected to receive an "average signing bonus of $17,428."[31]
According to the US Census Bureau persons with doctorates in the United States had an average income of roughly $81,400. The average for an advanced degree was $72,824, with men averaging $90,761 and women averaging $50,756 annually. Year-round full-time workers with a professional degree had an average income of $109,600 while those with a master's degree had an average income of $62,300. Overall, "…[a]verage earnings ranged from $18,900 for high school dropouts to $25,900 for high school graduates, $45,400 for college graduates and $99,300 for workers with professional degrees (M.D., D.P.T., D.P.M., D.O., J.D., Pharm.D., D.D.S., or D.V.M.).[32]
Individuals with graduate degrees have an average per capita income exceeding the median household income of married couple families among the general population ($63,813 annually).[32][33] Higher educational attainment did not, however, help close the income gap between the genders as the life-time earnings for a male with a professional degree were roughly forty percent (39.59%) higher than those of a female with a professional degree. The lifetime earnings gap between males and females was the smallest for those individuals holding an associate degrees with male life-time earnings being 27.77% higher than those of females. While educational attainment did not help reduce the income inequality between men and women, it did increase the earnings potential of individuals of both sexes, enabling many households with one or more graduate degree householders to enter the top household income quintile.[32] These data were not adjusted for preferential differences among men and women whom attend college. For example, men often study fields of engineering while women often pursue social sciences. Since the difference between earnings in said fields of study are often quite large, it is natural for us to observe men earning more than women.[citation needed] That is to say, not all degrees are created equally.
Household income also increased significantly with the educational attainment of the householder. The US Census Bureau publishes educational attainment and income data for all households with a householder who was aged twenty-five or older. The biggest income difference was between those with some college education and those who had a Bachelor's degree, with the latter making $23,874 more annually. Income also increased substantially with increased post-secondary education. While the median annual household income for a household with a householder having an associate degree was $51,970, the median annual household income for householders with a bachelor's degree or higher was $73,446. Those with doctorates had the second highest median household with a median of $96,830; $18,289 more than that for those at the master's degree level, but $3,170 lower than the median for households with a professional degree holding householder.[29]
Criteria
Overall
Less than 9th grade
Some high school
High school graduate
Some college
Associate degree
Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree or more
Master's degree
Professional degree
Doctoral degree
Median annual individual income Male, age 25+ $33,517 $15,461 $18,990 $28,763 $35,073 $39,015 $50,916 $55,751 $61,698 $88,530 $73,853
Female, age 25+ $19,679 $9,296 $10,786 $15,962 $21,007 $24,808 $31,309 $35,125 $41,334 $48,536 $53,003
Median annual household income $45,016 $18,787 $22,718 $36,835 $45,854 $51,970 $68,728 $73,446 $78,541 $100,000 $96,830
SOURCE: US Census Bureau, 2003[29][34]
Median household income in 2003 dollars according to educational attainment.[29]
The change in median personal and household since 1991 also varied greatly with educational attainment. The following table shows the median household income according to the educational attainment of the householder. All data is in 2003 dollars and only applies to householders whose householder is aged twenty-five or older. The highest and lowest points of the median household income are presented in bold face.[29][34] Since 2003, median income has continued to rise for the nation as a whole, with the biggest gains going to those with associate degrees, bachelor's degree or more, and master's degrees. High-school dropouts fared worse with negative growth.
Year
Overall Median
Less than 9th grade
Some high school
High school graduate
Some college
Associate degree
Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree or more
Master's degree
Professional degree
Doctoral degree
1991 $40,873 $17,414 $23,096 $37,520 $46,296 $52,289 $64,150 $68,845 $72,669 $102,667 $92,614
1993 $40,324 $17,450 $22,523 $35,979 $44,153 $49,622 $64,537 $70,349 $75,645 $109,900 $93,712
1995 $42,235 $18,031 $21,933 $37,609 $44,537 $50,485 $63,357 $69,584 $77,865 $98,302 $95,899
1997 $43,648 $17,762 $22,688 $38,607 $45,734 $51,726 $67,487 $72,338 $77,850 $105,409 $99,699
1999 $46,236 $19,008 $23,977 $39,322 $48,588 $54,282 $70,925 $76,958 $82,097 $110,383 $107,217
2001 $42,900 $18,830 $24,162 $37,468 $47,605 $53,166 $69,796 $75,116 $81,993 $103,918 $96,442
2003 $45,016 $18,787 $22,718 $36,835 $45,854 $56,970 $68,728 $73,446 $78,541 $100,000 $96,830
Average $43,376 $18,183 $23,013 $37,620 $46,109 $51,934 $66,997 $72,376 $78,094 $104,368 $94,487
SOURCE: US Census Bureau, 2003[29]
Age of householder[edit]
Household income in the United States varies substantially with the age of the person who heads the household. Overall, the median household income increased with the age of householder until retirement age when household income started to decline.[35] The highest median household income was found among households headed by working baby-boomers.[35]
Households headed by persons between the ages of 45 and 54 had a median household income of $61,111 and a mean household income of $77,634. The median income per member of household for this particular group was $27,924. The highest median income per member of household was among those between the ages of 54 and 64 with $30,544 [The reason this figure is lower than the next group is because pensions and Social Security add to income while a portion of older individuals also have work-related income.].[35]
The group with the second highest median household income, were households headed by persons between the ages 35 and 44 with a median income of $56,785, followed by those in the age group between 55 and 64 with $50,400. Not surprisingly the lowest income group was composed of those households headed by individuals younger than 24, followed by those headed by persons over the age of 75. Overall, households headed by persons above the age of seventy-five had a median household income of $20,467 with the median household income per member of household being $18,645. These figures support the general assumption that median household income as well as the median income per member of household peaked among those households headed by middle aged persons, increasing with the age of the householder and the size of the household until the householder reaches the age of 64. With retirement income replacing salaries and the size of the household declining, the median household income decreases as well.[35]
Household size[edit]
While median household income has a tendency to increase up to four persons per household, it declines for households beyond four persons. For example, in the state of Alabama in 2004, two-person households had a median income of $39,755, with $48,957 for three-person households, $54,338 for four-person households, $50,905 for five-person households, $45,435 for six-person households, with seven-or-more-person households having the second lowest median income of only $42,471.[36]
Geography[edit]
Considering other racial and geographical differences in regards to household income, it should come as no surprise that the median household income varies with race, size of household and geography. The state with the highest median household income in the United States as of the US Census Bureau 2009 is Maryland with $69,272, followed by New Jersey, Connecticut and Alaska, making the Northeastern United States the wealthiest area by income in the entire country.[37]
Regionally, in 2010, the Northeast reached a median income of $53,283, the West, $53,142, the South, $45,492, and the Midwest, $48,445.[38] Each figure represents a decline from the previous year.
Income by state[edit]
In 2010, the median household income by state ranged from $35,693 in Mississippi to $66,334 in Maryland. Despite having the highest median home price in the nation[39] and home prices that far outpaced incomes,[40] California ranked only ninth in income, with a median household income of $61,021.[41] While California's median income was not near enough to afford the average California home or even a starter home, West Virginia, which had one of the nation's lowest median household incomes, also had the nation's lowest median home price.[39][41]
By Census Bureau Region, of the 15 states with the highest median household income, only Minnesota is located in the Mid-West, while eight are in the Northeast (New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and New York) and the other six (Alaska, Hawaii, California, Washington, Colorado and Utah) are in the West.
The southern states had, on average, the lowest median household income, with nine of the country's fifteen poorest states located in the South. However, most of the poverty in the South is located in rural areas. Metropolitan areas such as Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Birmingham, Dallas, Houston, and Miami are areas within the southern states that have above average income levels. Overall, median household income tended to be the highest in the nation's most urbanized northeastern, upper midwestern and west coast states, while rural areas, mostly in the southern and mountain states (like New Mexico, Montana and Idaho), had the lowest median household income.[41]
As of 2015, the median household income ranged from $40,037 in Mississippi to $76,805 in Maryland.<http://www.deptofnumbers.com/income/maryland/>
Rank
State
2015[42][43]
2009
2008
2007
2004–2006
1 Maryland $76,805 $77,491 $78,641 $78,808 $77,548
2 New Hampshire $75,675 $60,567 $63,731 $62,369 $60,489
3 Alaska $75,112 $66,953 $68,460 $64,333 $57,639
4 Connecticut $72,889 $67,034 $68,595 $65,967 $59,972
5 District of Columbia $70,071 $59,290 $57,936 $54,317 $47,221
6 Minnesota $68,730 $55,616 $57,288 $55,082 $57,363
7 New Jersey $68,357 $68,342 $70,378 $67,035 $64,169
8 Massachusetts $67,861 $64,081 $65,401 $62,365 $56,236
9 Washington $67,243 $56,548 $58,078 $55,591 $53,439
10 Colorado $66,596 $55,430 $56,993 $55,212 $54,039
11 Utah $66,258 $55,117 $56,633 $55,109 $55,179
12 Hawaii $64,514 $64,098 $67,214 $63,746 $60,681
13 California $63,636 $58,931 $61,021 $59,948 $53,770
14 Virginia $61,486 $59,330 $61,233 $59,562 $55,108
15 Wyoming $60,925 $52,664 $53,207 $51,731 $47,227
16 Iowa $60,855 $48,044 $48,980 $47,292 $47,489
17 Oregon $60,834 $48,457 $50,169 $48,730 $45,485
18 Nebraska $60,747 $47,357 $49,693 $47,085 $48,126
19 Illinois $60,413 $53,966 $56,235 $54,124 $49,280
20 Pennsylvania $60,389 $49,520 $50,713 $48,576 $47,791
21 Vermont $59,494 $51,618 $52,104 $49,907 $51,622
22 Missouri $59,196 $45,229 $46,867 $45,114 $44,651
23 New York $58,005 $54,659 $56,033 $53,514 $48,201
24 Delaware $57,756 $56,860 $57,989 $54,610 $52,214
25 North Dakota $57,415 $47,827 $45,685 $43,753 $43,753
26 Texas $56,473 $48,259 $50,043 $47,548 $43,425
27 Rhode Island $55,701 $54,119 $55,701 $53,568 $52,003
28 Wisconsin $55,425 $49,993 $52,094 $50,578 $48,874
29 South Dakota $55,065 $45,043 $46,032 $43,424 $44,624
30 Kansas $54,865 $47,817 $50,177 $47,451 $44,264
31 Michigan $54,203 $45,255 $48,591 $47,950 $47,064
32 Ohio $53,301 $45,395 $47,988 $46,597 $45,837
33 Arizona $52,248 $48,745 $50,958 $49,889 $46,729
34 Nevada $52,008 $53,341 $56,361 $55,062 $50,819
35 Indiana $51,983 $45,424 $47,966 $47,448 $44,806
36 Idaho $51,624 $44,926 $47,576 $46,253 $46,395
37 Montana $51,395 $42,322 $43,654 $43,531 $38,629
38 North Carolina $50,797 $43,674 $46,549 $44,670 $42,061
39 Georgia $50,768 $47,590 $50,861 $49,136 $46,841
40 Maine $50,756 $45,734 $46,581 $45,888 $45,040
41 Florida $48,825 $44,736 $47,778 $47,804 $44,448
42 Tennessee $47,330 $41,725 $43,614 $42,367 $40,676
43 Oklahoma $47,077 $41,664 $42,822 $41,567 $40,001
44 South Carolina $46,360 $44,625 $43,329 $40,822 $39,454
45 Louisiana $45,922 $42,492 $43,733 $40,926 $37,943
46 New Mexico $45,119 $43,028 $43,508 $41,452 $40,827
47 Alabama $44,509 $40,489 $42,666 $40,554 $38,473
48 West Virginia $42,824 $37,435 $37,989 $37,060 $37,227
49 Arkansas $42,798 $40,489 $41,393 $42,229 $41,679
50 Kentucky $42,387 $40,072 $41,538 $40,267 $38,466
51 Mississippi $40,037 $36,646 $37,790 $36,338 $35,261
Social class[edit]
Main article: Social class in the United States
Household income is one of the most commonly used measures of income and, therefore, also one of the most prominent indicators of social class. Household income and education do not, however, always reflect perceived class status correctly. Sociologist Dennis Gilbert acknowledges that "... the class structure... does not exactly match the distribution of household income" with "the mismatch [being] greatest in the middle..." (Gilbert, 1998: 92) As social classes commonly overlap, it is not possible to define exact class boundaries.
According to Leonard Beeghley[citation needed] a household income of roughly $95,000 would be typical of a dual-earner middle class household while $60,000 would be typical of a dual-earner working class household and $18,000 typical for an impoverished household. William Thompson and Joseph Hickey[citation needed] see common incomes for the upper class as those exceeding $500,000 with upper middle class incomes ranging from the high 5-figures to most commonly in excess of $100,000. They claim the lower middle class ranges from $35,000 to $75,000; $16,000 to $30,000 for the working class and less than $2,000 for the lower class.
Academic class models
Dennis Gilbert, 2002
William Thompson & Joseph Hickey, 2005
Leonard Beeghley, 2004
Class
Typical characteristics
Class
Typical characteristics
Class
Typical characteristics
Capitalist class (1%)
Top-level executives, high-rung politicians, heirs. Ivy League education common.
Upper class (1%)
Top-level executives, celebrities, heirs; income of $500,000+ common. Ivy league education common.
The super-rich (0.9%)
Multi-millionaires whose incomes commonly exceed $350,000; includes celebrities and powerful executives/politicians. Ivy League education common.
Upper middle class[1] (15%)
Highly-educated (often with graduate degrees), most commonly salaried, professionals and middle management with large work autonomy.
Upper middle class[1] (15%)
Highly-educated (often with graduate degrees) professionals & managers with household incomes varying from the high 5-figure range to commonly above $100,000.
The rich (5%)
Households with net worth of $1 million or more; largely in the form of home equity. Generally have college degrees.
Middle class (plurality/
majority?; ca. 46%)
College-educated workers with considerably higher-than-average incomes and compensation; a man making $57,000 and a woman making $40,000 may be typical.
Lower middle class (30%)
Semi-professionals and craftsmen with a roughly average standard of living. Most have some college education and are white-collar.
Lower middle class (32%)
Semi-professionals and craftsmen with some work autonomy; household incomes commonly range from $35,000 to $75,000. Typically, some college education.
Working class (30%)
Clerical and most blue-collar workers whose work is highly routinized. Standard of living varies depending on number of income earners, but is commonly just adequate. High school education.
Working class (32%)
Clerical, pink- and blue-collar workers with often low job security; common household incomes range from $16,000 to $30,000. High school education.
Working class
(ca. 40–45%)
Blue-collar workers and those whose jobs are highly routinized with low economic security; a man making $40,000 and a woman making $26,000 may be typical. High school education.
Working poor (13%)
Service, low-rung clerical and some blue-collar workers. High economic insecurity and risk of poverty. Some high school education.
Lower class (ca. 14–20%)
Those who occupy poorly-paid positions or rely on government transfers. Some high school education.
Underclass (12%)
Those with limited or no participation in the labor force. Reliant on government transfers. Some high school education.
The poor (ca. 12%)
Those living below the poverty line with limited to no participation in the labor force; a household income of $18,000 may be typical. Some high school education.
References: Gilbert, D. (2002) The American Class Structure: In An Age of Growing Inequality. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, ISBN 0534541100. (see also Gilbert Model);
Thompson, W. & Hickey, J. (2005). Society in Focus. Boston, MA: Pearson, Allyn & Bacon; Beeghley, L. (2004). The Structure of Social Stratification in the United States. Boston, MA: Pearson, Allyn & Bacon.
1 The upper middle class may also be referred to as "Professional class" Ehrenreich, B. (1989). The Inner Life of the Middle Class. NY, NY: Harper-Collins.

Distribution of household income[edit]
See also: Income inequality in the United States
Distribution of household income in 2014 according to US Census data[edit]
Percentage of persons and households in each of the income groups shown.[citation needed]
The percent of households with six figure incomes and individuals with incomes in the top 10%, exceeding $77,500.[citation needed]
US Census Bureau figures for 2014
Income of Household
Number (thousands) [44]
Percentage
Percentile
Mean Income [44]
Mean number of earners [45]
Mean size of household [45]
Total 124,587 — — $75,738 1.28 2.54
Under $5,000 4571 3.67% 0 $1,080 0.20 1.91
$5,000 to $9,999 4320 3.47% 3.67th $7,936 0.34 1.78
$10,000 to $14,999 6766 5.43% 7.14th $12,317 0.39 1.71
$15,000 to $19,999 6779 5.44% 12.57th $17,338 0.54 1.90
$20,000 to $24,999 6865 5.51% 18.01th $22,162 0.73 2.07
$25,000 to $29,999 6363 5.11% 23.52th $27,101 0.82 2.19
$30,000 to $34,999 6232 5.00% 28.63th $32,058 0.94 2.27
$35,000 to $39,999 5857 4.70% 33.63th $37,061 1.04 2.31
$40,000 to $44,999 5430 4.36% 38.33th $41,979 1.15 2.40
$45,000 to $49,999 5060 4.06% 42.69th $47,207 1.24 2.52
$50,000 to $54,999 5084 4.08% 46.75th $51,986 1.32 2.54
$55,000 to $59,999 4220 3.39% 50.83th $57,065 1.41 2.56
$60,000 to $64,999 4477 3.59% 54.22th $62,016 1.46 2.64
$65,000 to $69,999 3709 2.98% 57.81th $67,081 1.51 2.67
$70,000 to $74,999 3737 3.00% 60.79th $72,050 1.57 2.73
$75,000 to $79,999 3484 2.80% 63.79th $77,023 1.60 2.79
$80,000 to $84,999 3142 2.52% 66.58th $81,966 1.63 2.79
$85,000 to $89,999 2750 2.21% 69.11th $87,101 1.77 2.90
$90,000 to $94,999 2665 2.14% 71.31th $92,033 1.82 2.96
$95,000 to $99,999 2339 1.88% 73.45th $97,161 1.81 2.97
$100,000 to $104,999 2679 2.15% 75.33th $101,921 1.79 3.01
$105,000 to $109,999 2070 1.66% 77.48th $107,187 1.88 3.01
$110,000 to $114,999 1922 1.54% 79.14th $112,069 1.93 3.12
$115,000 to $119,999 1623 1.30% 80.68th $117,133 1.98 3.14
$120,000 to $124,999 1863 1.50% 81.99th $122,127 1.93 3.09
$125,000 to $129,999 1452 1.17% 83.48th $127,166 1.99 3.12
$130,000 to $134,999 1512 1.21% 84.65th $131,863 2.00 3.18
$135,000 to $139,999 1219 0.98% 85.86th $137,284 1.98 3.11
$140,000 to $144,999 1290 1.04% 86.84th $142,199 1.97 3.03
$145,000 to $149,999 1024 0.82% 87.87th $147,130 2.01 3.11
$150,000 to $154,999 1146 0.92% 88.70th $151,940 1.85 3.12
$155,000 to $159,999 848 0.68% 89.62th $157,177 2.08 3.15
$160,000 to $164,999 875 0.70% 90.30th $162,019 2.02 3.13
$165,000 to $169,999 786 0.63% 91.00th $167,101 2.10 3.16
$170,000 to $174,999 717 0.58% 91.63th $172,169 2.17 3.21
$175,000 to $179,999 607 0.49% 92.21th $177,187 2.19 3.28
$180,000 to $184,999 619 0.50% 92.69th $182,055 2.03 3.19
$185,000 to $189,999 556 0.45% 93.19th $187,299 2.03 3.20
$190,000 to $194,999 485 0.39% 93.64th $192,241 2.19 3.29
$195,000 to $199,999 436 0.35% 94.03th $197,211 2.23 3.27
$200,000 to $249,999 3249 2.61% 94.38th $220,267 2.08 3.24
$250,000 and over 3757 3.02% 96.98th $402,476
See also[edit]
List of countries by average wage
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Economy of the United States
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Income inequality metrics
Atkinson index
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Theil index
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