The average household income of American residents in 2020 and the median data have been officially released! According to the information released by the Census Bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the average income of American resident households in 2020 was about $97,000, and the median income was $67,500, which is still a relatively high level. The information disclosed in the
report also shows , and the "average population of American resident families is 2.51" . Based on this calculation, the "per capita income of US residents was US$38,600" and "median per capita income was approximately US$27,000" in 2020. This achievement is not only at the leading level among mainstream developed countries.
, and the "per capita income of per capita GDP" of American residents also ranks high among developed countries - in 2020, the entire American society created GDP exceeds US$20.95 trillion. Based on the population of 333 million, the per capita GDP of the United States is US$63,000.
That is, The "per capita income" of the United States in 2020 was about 61% of the "per capita GDP", while the per capita income of mainstream developed countries is usually only close to 60% of the per capita GDP. The proportion of per capita income in a large number of developing countries to hover between 40% and 50%. Why is
so high?
That question is, why can the per capita income of American residents reach such a high level, and its proportion of per capita GDP ranks among the world's major economies? What are the reasons for this? Next, Nan Sheng will give you a brief explanation.
Usually, we divide residents' income into four major types, namely: wage income, operating net income, property net income, and transfer net income . Among them, residents in developing countries still rely mainly on the sale of labor to obtain income, and their wage income accounts for a large proportion.
However, developed countries, especially the United States, have developed financial industries, and "a considerable proportion of funds have purchased stocks, funds, gold" and so on in the residential property portfolio. , such operating capital, often brings more benefits than the sales of labor , pushing up the growth of official income of American residents.
In September this year, Ren Zeping wrote an article saying that "the global share of labor income has declined and the share of capital income has increased, resulting in a widening gap between the rich and the poor." Especially developed countries, mainly in the United States, relying on their financial industry advantages, have enabled their enterprises and residents to obtain more monetary income.
In other words, a large number of ordinary people in developing countries are still relying on selling their strength to make money, and the income they earn is meager. However, rich people can easily earn more wealth in by "making money through money" model, which leads to a higher proportion of their income in GDP.
Another important reason is "transferred net income" , which includes various subsidies provided by the state. The 2020 COVID-19 epidemic has been around the world, bringing a major impact on the economies and people's livelihoods of many countries around the world, including the United States. The United States has launched a massive economic stimulus plan .
On the one hand, a large number of additional issuances of the United States, and on the other hand, a large number of additional national bonds aresuances, and the funds obtained are provided to damaged enterprises and residents to reduce the losses caused to them by the epidemic. Compared with the United States, not only are developing countries unable to achieve such large-scale subsidy measures, but other developed countries are also difficult to achieve. What inspiration does
give us?
In short, the proportion of US residents' income to GDP is relatively high, which has its own characteristics. This also tells us from the side: we need to continuously promote industrial upgrading, not only industries with higher profits, but also balanced development of major industries - the modern financial industry cannot be underestimated, which can provide residents with more channels to increase returns.
In addition, we need to pay attention to the secondary and three-time distribution system of income. While improving labor income, we should fully mobilize the liquidity of capital, encourage high-income people and enterprises to repay society more, promote the development of residents' overall income, and actively move towards common prosperity. Do netizens agree with this? This article is compiled and written by [Nan Sheng]. Please do not reprint or plagiarize without authorization!
