*Source: CPS 2025 Annual Social and Economic Supplement*
*Created with Datawrapper*
SNRatio on
For ages 50 and up this isn’t really a salary graph, it’s a graph of “your age at your last layoff” vs “Chance of getting another job in your field”
snatch_hugger on
mean is somewhat meaningless in skewed distributions.
Greeneman6 on
Love bringing the mean down by making only half of it 😎
eskimospy212 on
You should use median instead of mean.Â
Southern-Guess-7932 on
I’m intrigued by the deviation at 68.
Mathblasta on
This is really depressing at 38, having been laid off last year, and now making 20% less in a role outside my field.
Working on a career change, and I’m hoping that it will lead to a better career path, and more earnings.
earnerd00 on
Actually, kind of surprised at how high the mean is. But I think median would be more useful.
sxyvirgo on
Didn’t realize the drop was so great after 55 – guess I was lucky to retire at my highest salary?!
octopus-opinion987 on
Is this data available for dif. Education levels?
Consistent-Soil-1818 on
We have a lot of middle-aged billionaires. Not many young or very old billionaires. That’s all this graph says, nothing more. For more insights, re-draw with medium instead of mean income for each age
downvoteifyouredumb on
Should be median. Means are inflated by outliers in the data, which is definitely the case with salary data.
raymondduck on
Inb4 hundreds of, “Erm, why not median?” comments.
CranberryDistinct941 on
Change this to “Mean Annual Salary by Age” and see what happens
blixabloxa on
Mean is not really a good measure – skewed too much by outliers. Median is the better measure.
![Mean Annual Income by Age in the U.S. (CPS 2025 Annual Social and Economic Supplement) [OC]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/n9o9n27rubjg1.png "Mean Annual Income by Age in the U.S. (CPS 2025 Annual Social and Economic Supplement) [OC]")
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*Source: CPS 2025 Annual Social and Economic Supplement*
*Created with Datawrapper*
For ages 50 and up this isn’t really a salary graph, it’s a graph of “your age at your last layoff” vs “Chance of getting another job in your field”
mean is somewhat meaningless in skewed distributions.
Love bringing the mean down by making only half of it 😎
You should use median instead of mean.Â
I’m intrigued by the deviation at 68.
This is really depressing at 38, having been laid off last year, and now making 20% less in a role outside my field.
Working on a career change, and I’m hoping that it will lead to a better career path, and more earnings.
Actually, kind of surprised at how high the mean is. But I think median would be more useful.
Didn’t realize the drop was so great after 55 – guess I was lucky to retire at my highest salary?!
Is this data available for dif. Education levels?
We have a lot of middle-aged billionaires. Not many young or very old billionaires. That’s all this graph says, nothing more. For more insights, re-draw with medium instead of mean income for each age
Should be median. Means are inflated by outliers in the data, which is definitely the case with salary data.
Inb4 hundreds of, “Erm, why not median?” comments.
Change this to “Mean Annual Salary by Age” and see what happens
Mean is not really a good measure – skewed too much by outliers. Median is the better measure.