Quote by Barack Obama

“Today, the US median income is still below where it was at the beginning of this century.”

— Edward Luce

“Up until 1981, all classes of income were rising at about the same rate. However, in about 1981 a split started to happen. The…

— Dean Graziosi

Incomes went up for everybody. Manufacturing jobs went up also in the 1990s, if we're actually going to look at the facts.

— Hillary Clinton

“The share of income going to the rich remained remarkably constant from the mid-1940s through the 1970s and then began to escalate rapidly. For…

— Larry M. Bartels

For the typical Americans, most of their income comes from wages. So, for people making less than $1 million a year, about 70% of…

— Brian Deese

“The West’s median income, meanwhile, has barely shifted in the last half-century.”

— Edward Luce

The average household income has really stagnated since 1971.

— Porter Stansberry

“By 2012 the average income of the vast majority had shrunk to the equivalent of 45 weeks of 1973 income—a 13 percent decline to…

— David Cay Johnston

Median wages of production workers, who comprise 80 percent of the workforce, haven't risen in 30 years, adjusted for inflation.

— Robert Reich

“Between 1981 and 1986, the top income tax rate was cut from 70 percent to 28 percent. Meanwhile, taxes on the bottom four-fifths of…

— Jane Mayer

After adjusting for inflation, the average income of the top 5% of households grew by 38% from 1989 to 2013. By comparison, the average…

— Janet Yellen

Numerous studies have shown income inequality growing since the late 1970s. Real earnings have fallen for many families, with globalization, the decline of unions…

— Annie Lowrey