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By the Numbers: Income and Poverty, 2013
http://www.epi.org/blog/numbers-income-poverty-2013/Income
-$7,337 (-11.2%) The decline in median non-elderly household income from 2000 to 2013 in level terms and percentage terms, respectively
$52,419 vs. $50,033 Median earnings for a man working full time, full year in 1973 and 2013, respectively
$29,687 vs. $39,157 Median earnings for a woman working full time, full year in 1973 and 2013, respectively
-6.8% vs. -0.5% The decline since 2000 in median earnings for full time, full year workers age 25 or older with a college degree, men and women, respectively
0.5% ($1,542) Income gains for the top 5 percent over 2009–2013 (this was the only income group to experience gains)
-$3,445 (-5.6%) The decline in median white, non-Hispanic household income from 2000 to 2013, in level terms and percentage terms, respectively
-$5,533 (-13.8%) The decline in median African American household income from 2000 to 2013, in level terms and percentage terms, respectively
-$3,904 (-8.7%) The decline in median Hispanic household income from 2000 to 2013, in level terms and percentage terms, respectively