How the average US consumer spends his income.

[phk]

The graphic is from a site called visualeconomics.com and is pretty cool.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     It is rather disturbing how little people spend on reading.

[Vepres]

     It is rather disturbing how little people spend on reading.

That would be a book every 2-3 months. Don't forget libraries either.

[phk]

     It is rather disturbing how little people spend on reading.

That would be a book every 2-3 months. Don't forget libraries either.

and the internet and computers too.

With encyclopedia's and dictionaries/thesauruses put on CD first in the form of Encarta and later online in the form of Wikipedia. Things have become more accessible and cheaper. My father opted for $40 Encarta instead of a $1500 Enclycopedia Brittanica in 1993.

I read a lot of my professor's working papers as well.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     It is rather disturbing how little people spend on reading.

That would be a book every 2-3 months. Don't forget libraries either.

     Good point. My mother & I have been relying on libraries as of late, actually, as our finances have been tight.

[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%

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

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?

[Хahar 🤔]

     It is rather disturbing how little people spend on reading.

That would be a book every 2-3 months. Don't forget libraries either.

     Good point. My mother & I have been relying on libraries as of late, actually, as our finances have been tight.

I'm a rich and I still use libraries.

[memphis]

I don't know how it is where you guys live, but I find I can get great deals on books in the discard room at the library.  I hate the trouble (spoiled brat) of having to return a book and I can usually find something interesting for about a dollar. It's a bit like going to a used record/CD shop. You can't really go with something in particular in mind  but there's enough there that something will appeal to you.

[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.

[k-onmmunist]

     It is rather disturbing how little people spend on reading.

I should think I spend about £300 a year on reading.

[Ban my account ffs!]

I've probably spent about $1000 on books in the past year.  And that was at a significant discount on all those books.  A lot of that was stocking up my library though with classics and non-fiction stuff.