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How Different American Generations Spend Money, Visualized

How Different American Generations Spend Money, Visualized
Here's how Americans' yearly budgets change when broken down by generation.
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Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Preethi Lodha mapped out how each generation of Americans spend their money, on average.


Key Takeaways

  • Last year the average American spent around $60,000. The average memeber of Gen Z spent the least ($41,636) and the average Gen X-er spent the most ($83,357).

  • All the generations have one thing in common: they've all spent more than 30 percent of their annual spend on housing, whereas no generation has spent more than six percent of its annual spend on entertainment.



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How AMericans Spend Money


How Americans Spend Money



Via Visual Capitalist.

Comments

  1. Alexis Aiden 1 year ago

    Behavior of spending of Generation X is very interesting. I think this is a lesson for everyone.

  2. André Torrisi 1 year ago

    Really intressing!


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