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According to a study conducted by José De Gregorio, income inequality increases with educational inequality. [61] Based on the Philippines' 2010 Census of Population and Housing, [62] there is an inequality in the highest level of educational attainment between both males and females aged 5 years old and over.
In September 2019, the Census Bureau reported that income inequality in the United States had reached its highest level in 50 years, with the GINI index increasing from 48.2 in 2017 to 48.5 in 2018. [50]
High income 40.6 2022 United States: Northern America: High income 41.3 2022 39.79 2022 39.6 2022 Uzbekistan: Central Asia: Lower middle income 31.2 2022 35.27 2003 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Caribbean: Upper middle income 40.00 2008 Venezuela: South America — 44.7 2006 37.80 2014 Vietnam: South-eastern Asia
Real median income also varied by age groups, with median income for household members aged 65 and over being hit the hardest — declining 2.6% between 2020 and 2021, according to the report.
While pre-tax income is the primary driver of income inequality, the less progressive tax code further increased the share of after-tax income going to the highest income groups. For example, had these tax changes not occurred, the after-tax income share of the top 0.1% would have been approximately 4.5% in 2000 instead of the 7.3% actual figure.
Income inequality has increased dramatically in the United States over recent decades, surpassing its previous peak in the 1920s. In 2016, the average income among the bottom 24.9 million ...
Post-tax income also increased, albeit by a slightly smaller margin. The real median post-tax household income jumped 3.7% from $66,800 in 2022 to $69,240 in 2023. The good news is that household ...
In 2008, the wealth gap in terms of percentage of total income in the United States between the top 1% and 5% was 7% and the gap between the top 1% and top 10% was 9%. This is an 11% reversal from the respective percentage shares of income held by these groups in 1963. Income inequality clearly accelerated beginning in the 1980s.