State of the Union 2019: Income and Earnings

  • For men, the conventional “gloomy millennial stories” have some merit, as the median income of millennials is lower than that of Gen X, and the median earnings of millennials are not any higher than those of Gen X.
  • For women, the American Dream lives on in the sense that there’s a steady generational improvement in median earnings and income, an improvement that is carrying on into the millennial generation.

Reference Information

Author: 

Christine Percheski
Publisher: 
Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality
Publication Date: 
June 2019