Average Income in America (How Do You Compare?)

The Ken Coleman Show

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Careers, Business, Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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0:00.0	Coming up next, I'll break down the average income for Americans by age and then into some other categories to see how you compare.
0:12.6	And then special guests, Ryan Collins, president of Bethel College as we talk about trades and tech.
0:17.8	Let's go.
0:23.7	Helping you get better.
0:27.8	So your paycheck has the opportunity to get bigger.
0:31.5	I'm Ken.
0:32.0	This is the Ken Coleman show.
0:33.1	All right, let's talk about paycheck, shall we?
0:35.0	Hello.
0:36.2	Oh, boy.
0:37.2	If there's anything that gets our attention or gets our indigestion worked up, it would be our paychecks, right?
0:42.8	So let's just walk through here some interesting data on where we are in America as it relates to average income by age, by other demographics. and then I'm going to give you three things
0:56.7	that you can do that will allow you the opportunity to get a bigger paycheck. All right? So here
1:03.3	we go. Let's break down the data. Where are you in these numbers? The national average salary
1:08.9	in the U.S. Now, this is quarter four of 2023. So these will be
1:14.0	updated, of course, but these are the latest numbers, despite USA today. National average salary in
1:19.7	U.S. as of 2023 was $59,384. The average salary by age, when we look at that, the highest average earners are between the ages of 35 and 44.
1:36.5	35 and 44. I was a little surprised at that. I would have thought it would have been, let's say, 45 to 55.
1:46.3	A little surprised by this.
1:49.5	The average income by state, when we look at states, which state has the lowest average
1:57.3	income?
1:58.1	What would you say out there?
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