Calculator: Under Obama, young adult incomes lowest since 1979

In relative terms, millennials are losing to their counterparts in the past.

An income calculator from The Guardian visualizes the data, letting young Americans see how far they’ve fallen.

“Compared to the national average, you are poorer than most people of your age in the past,” the calculator notes for millennials altogether.

The youngest millennials are the worst off. In 1979, the average American 20 to 24 years old had average incomes 10.1 percent below the national average. Today, it’s 31.5 percent below the average.

For Americans 25 to 29 years old in 1979, their average income was .6 percent above the national average. Now, it’s 7.1 percent below the average.


 
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