Perhaps the problem lies in that the original post had a map of median income. I'm sure it is inflation adjusted as well, and using what metric?
From this link:
usatoday.com
There is this data about part of that period.
From 2001 to 2004, average family income fell 2.3%, to an inflation-adjusted $70,700 from $72,400 in the 1998-2001 period. By contrast, from 1998 to 2001, average income jumped 17.3%. Median income — the midpoint of the income range — rose 1.6% to $43,200.
Fed economists said the figures were "strongly influenced" by a more-than-6% drop in median real wages during the period. Also, investment income was less than in the stock market boom years of the late 1990s. (Related: Full report)
Real net worth — the difference between family assets and liabilities — rose only slightly from 2001 to 2004. Median net worth rose only 1.5% to $93,100 during the period, vs. a 10.3% gain from 1998 to 2001. And liabilities rose faster than assets, due largely to a big rise in mortgage debt.
Though the economy was in recession in 2001, it steadily improved from 2002 to 2004 with low inflation and falling unemployment.
2005 should have been a reasonable pickup however, not likely to offset the prior years poor performance in a single year. However, this still shows median income up slightly for 2001-2004, and I assume this is inflation adjusted. |
