The Consumer Expenditure Surveys (CE) program provides data on expenditures, income, and demographic characteristics of consumers in the United States. CE data are primarily used to revise the relative importance of goods and services in the market basket of the Consumer Price Index.

The CE surveys collect data that fall into one of the following major expenditure categories: Alcoholic beverages, Apparel and services, Cash contributions, Education, Entertainment, Food, Healthcare, Housing, Miscellaneous, Personal care products and services, Personal insurance and pensions, Reading, Tobacco products and smoking supplies, and Transportation.


   

Please select a date range

    1996    
 
 
    2012
U.S. Dollars
Name 2012 Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
Money Income Before Taxes
89,438 90,962 90,962
Wages and Salaries
74,554 74,960 74,960
Self-Employment Income
4,736 6,504 6,504
Social Security, Private & Government Retirement
7,053 6,597 6,597
Interest, Dividends, Rent Income, Property Income
1,843 1,567 1,567
Unemployment and Workers' Compensation, Veterans Benefits
356 540 540
Public Assistance, Supplemental Security Income, SNAP
207 192 192
Regular Contributions for Support
496 376 376
Other Income
193 225 225
Personal Taxes
3,282 3,842 3,842
Federal Income Taxes
2,405 2,769 2,769
State and Local Income Taxes
707 890 890
Other Taxes
170 182 182
Income After Taxes
86,156 87,120 87,120
   

Back to Top