income distribution

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Median income is the exact midpoint of a population's income distribution, where 50% of people or households earn more than that amount, and 50% earn less.

From BBC

Higher wages and the way Dutch taxes bite in the middle of the income distribution make extra hours less attractive, encouraging families to trade income for time.

From BBC

Fact: If you’re a person who hangs out with financial types and others who worry about retirement income, it’s easy to get lulled into the notion that the mass affluent — households in the top half of the income distribution — have hundreds of thousands in annual income.

From MarketWatch

Table 1 below presents the amounts associated with being at different parts in the income distribution.

From MarketWatch

A household with $83,730 is at the 50th percentile, right in the middle of the income distribution.

From MarketWatch