google 发表于 2012-9-25 09:24 PM 
How about your first salary and last salary?
i am just one data point, thus has no statistical significance.
Below is the time series of personal income. Does it match the gas or rental jump from 1990s?
The U.S. Census Bureau currently publishes median household income data from 1967 until present day.
Year No. of Households Nominal $ Inflation Adjusted $
2011 121,084,000 $49,103 $50,054
2010 119,927,000 $48,340 $50,831
2009 117,538,000 $48,855 $52,195
2008 117,181,000 $49,341 $52,546
2007 116,783,000 $49,258 $54,489
2006 116,011,000 $47,262 $53,768
2005 114,384,000 $45,472 $53,371
2004 113,343,000 $43,497 $52,788
2003 112,000,000 $42,484 $52,973
2002 111,278,000 $41,620 $53,019
2001 109,297,000 $41,415 $53,646
2000 108,209,000 $41,186 $54,841
1999 106,434,000 $39,936 $54,932
1998 103,874,000 $38,097 $53,582
1997 102,528,000 $36,193 $51,704
1996 101,018,000 $34,652 $50,661
1995 99,627,000 $33,207 $49,935
1994 98,990,000 $31,278 $48,418
1993 97,107,000 $30,167 $47,884
1992 96,426,000 $29,448 $48,117
1991 95,669,000 $28,819 $48,516
1990 94,312,000 $28,471 $49,950
1989 93,347,000 $27,388 $50,624
1988 92,830,000 $25,664 $49,737
1987 91,124,000 $24,432 $49,358
1986 89,479,000 $23,301 $48,746
1985 88,458,000 $22,080 $47,079
1984 86,789,000 $20,935 $46,215
1983 85,407,000 $19,453 $44,823
1982 83,918,000 $19,004 $45,139
1981 83,527,000 $17,923 $45,260
1980 82,368,000 $16,523 $46,024
1979 80,776,000 $15,066 $47,527
1978 77,330,000 $13,535 $47,659
1977 76,030,000 $12,113 $45,884
1976 74,142,000 $11,308 $45,595
1975 72,867,000 $10,540 $44,851
1974 71,163,000 $9,902 $46,057
1973 69,859,000 $9,227 $47,563
1972 68,251,000 $8,485 $46,622
1971 66,676,000 $7,913 $44,707
1970 64,778,000 $7,630 $45,146
1969 63,401,000 $7,280 $45,499
1968 62,214,000 $6,668 $43,868
1967 60,813,000 $6,140 $42,056 |