What's Up with U.S. Consumer Spending?

AVERAGE U.S. CONSUMER SPENDING Income Before Tax $63,091 Housing Transportation Food Utilities $8,758 - 14.4% $6,133 - 10.1% $3,477 - 5.7% $16,920 - 27.8% Clothes Healthcare Entertainment Education $1,881 - 3.1% $2,853 - 4.7% $2,698 - 4.4% $945 - 1.6% Gifts Personal Care Alcohol Tobacco Reading $1,198 - 2% $588 - 1% $457 - 0.8% $323 - 0.5% $188 - 0.3% $ Spent 25% % Of Expenditures Average <25 25-34 35-54 55-65+ AVERAGE EXPENDITURES $49,638 $29,457 $47,510 $58,633 $45,158 FOOD 10.1% 13.4% 10.8% 10% 9.6% HOUSING 31.2% 27.6% 27.8% 31.1% 26.6% Utilyties CLOŢHES 5.9% 5.5% 5.3% 6.4% 5.7% 3.1% 4.8% 3.8% 3.0% 2.7% TRANS- PORTATION 14.4% 18.5% 16.3% 14.4% 13.6% HEALTHCARE 4.7% 2.6% 3.1% 3.4% 7.6% ENTERTAINMENT 4.4% 4,7% 4.4% 4.4% 4.4% To properly show the following sections, they have been enlarged. 2х ZOOM PERSONAL CARE: 1% 1.1% 0.9% 0.9% 1.1% READING 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.3% EDUCATION 1.6% 5.8% 1.1% 1.7% 1.1% Товдссо! 0.5% 0.9% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5% GIĘTS 2.0% 1.4% 1.0% 1.8% 2.8% ALCOHOL 0.8% 1.5% 0.9% 0.7% 0.8% The datasets of this infographic were based on notability, some age groups were combined to better show the information. SOURCES: Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Census Bureau