Income, by Education of Householder, Aggregate 1991-2012 Bachelor's or more
For the first time on record, households headed by someone with at least a bachelor’s degree received nearly a majority (49.7%) of aggregate U.S. household income; nearly one out of every two dollars went to the college educated. In 2012 one-in-three households was college educated, so, put another way, half of the aggregate U.S. income goes to one third of the households.
Percentage Income, Distribution of Householder, U.S. Aggregate 1991-2012 Household  | Income, by Education of Householder, Aggregate 1991-2012  | 50%  | 50  | Bachelor's or more  | 40 37  | 30 28  | Some college  | 25  | High school only  | 20 23  | 20  | 12  | 10  | Less than high school  | 1991  | 1995  | 2000  | 2005  | 2010 2012  | Notes: Household income figures by education are published for households with  | heads age 25 and older. Thus U.S. aggregate house hold income refers to the  | aggregate Income of house holds age 25 and older. "Some college includes  | households headed by those with associate s degrees as well as some colle ge but  | no degree The Census Bureau revised the ed degrees uca tional atta inment class ification ge  | in 1991, so pre 1991 figures are not strictly com para able to 1991 and thereafter.  | Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau historical income  | tables  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 