How the average US consumer spends his income.

[opebo]

Wow, that's mighty different from me.  But I wonder about the $63,000 income - apparently that's the average, not the median.  Because I suspect a lot more people live well below that line than above it.

I'm going to try to think of my percentages:

Income, say    $20,000
Housing -            1,020      5%
Food/drink   -      5,530    27.5%
Transport  -        1,300      6.5%
Health      -            600        3%
'Services' -          7,260       36%
Travel/hotels -    3,500       18%
Misc.   -                790          4%

[opebo]

Wow, that's mighty different from me.  But I wonder about the $63,000 income - apparently that's the average, not the median.  Because I suspect a lot more people live well below that line than above it.

I'm going to try to think of my percentages:

Income, say    $20,000
Housing -            1,020      5%
Food/drink   -      5,530    27.5%
Transport  -        1,300      6.5%
Health      -            600        3%
'Services' -          7,260        36%
Travel/hotels -    3,500       18%
Misc.   -                790          4%

Hookers?

Duh.  Btw, I think I figured out what I missed and is the 'misc' - utilities.