<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Personal income is an individual's total earnings from wages, investment interest, and other sources . The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a median personal income of $865 weekly for all full - time workers in 2017 . The U.S Bureau of the Census has the annual real median personal income at $31,099 in 2016 . Inflation - adjusted ("real") per - capita disposable personal income rose steadily in the U.S. from 1945 to 2008, but has since remained generally level . </P> <P> Income patterns are evident on the basis of age, sex, ethnicity and educational characteristics . In 2005 roughly half of all those with graduate degrees were among the nation's top 15% of income earners . Among different demographics (gender, marital status, ethnicity) for those over the age of 18, median personal income ranged from $3,317 for an unemployed, married Asian American female to $55,935 for a full - time, year - round employed Asian American male . According to the US Census, men tended to have higher income than women, while Asians and Whites earned more than African Americans and Hispanics . </P>

Average salary of a person in the united states