[quote=ralphfurley]
We’d you read that? Not saying it’s wrong, just curious. I was under the impression that wages have not risen since 2001. Maybe that was LA county. [shrug][/quote]
2007 household income figure for San Diego County was $61,794, supplied by the U.S. Census Bureau 2007 American Community Survey.
Available at the below link, select American Community Survey -> Get Data -> 2007 ACS 1 year data, select data profiles, select geographic type county, select CA, select SD County.
2000 household income figure was $47,067, again supplied by the U.S. Census Bureau (same link as above, select Decennial census, select SF3 data set, select Detailed Tables, select Geographic Type County, select CA, select SD County, look up P53 Median Household Income)
This is almost exactly a 30% gain (29.99%) from a 2000 measurement point to 2008 measurement point (1999-2007 income years).
We did pretty well overall, by most of the inflation estimates we are above inflation. Most of the U.S. was either flat in comparison to inflation, or lost a little bit of ground (even in those situations though, incomes still rose, just not as fast as inflation for the vast majority of the U.S.)
