Real median household income

Why this row

Real median household income reached a record $87,460 in 2025, up 2.6% in a year. The row asks for $100,000 by 2032, which takes 1.9% a year, below the pace of 2025. It is anticipatory because households and firms produce it: every other row in the plan is a growth measure, and this is the row where the growth is supposed to show up. The exclusion audit matters most here, because the median says nothing about the households far below it.

The path

linear; reaching $100,000 from 2025 needs 1.9% a year against 2.6% recorded in 2025

Each July 4 the row shows its baseline, this path, the latest official value and a status of ahead, on schedule or behind. As an anticipatory row it reports the public decisions that delayed it.