Median US income rises to highest on record even as Americans feel affordability pinch

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Americans’ median household income rose to $87,460, or 2.6%, in 2025, the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to Census Bureau data released on Tuesday. This is the highest household income, which is adjusted for inflation, since the agency started measuring it in 1967. Despite the