I am writing an economics lesson plan on budgeting. One of the exercises I want to do involves making a budget for an "average" American. Is there a site out there which will tell me what the average American makes and what he/she spends on average on things like housing, food, clothing, grooming, medicine, entertainment, etc.? I really don't want to research these things individually.
2007-04-30 14:58:08 · 2 answers · asked by Mike 1 in Social Science ➔ Economics
http://www.bls.gov/cex/csxann05.pdf
Has average expenditures and income and also broken down by income quintiles, . The average income is much higher than the median or typical "average" so values for the middle 20% is probably what you want.
2007-04-30 15:22:17 · answer #1 · answered by meg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
US Census-American Fact Finder
2007-04-30 22:04:47 · answer #2 · answered by Max 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋