CBO provided the data used in this table in the spreadsheet download at the "Supplemental Data" link found on the main page for this report. The data is in spreadsheet tab 3 labeled "Avg HH Income." The data is from the column labeled "Income After Transfers and Taxes."[1]
Summary
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English: CBO data indicates that real (inflation-adjusted) household income increased significantly after-taxes and transfers from 1979-2015 across all income quintiles. The top 1% income fell from 2007-2015, due to both the Great Recession and tax hikes on upper incomes during the Obama Administration.
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