A year of median household income priced in Bitcoin: 2014 to 2024

A year of median household income cost $53,660 in 2014 and $83,730 in 2024 — a change of +56% in US dollars across 10 years. The figures are annual averages from US Census Bureau, Median Household Income in the United States (MEHOINUSA646N) (series MEHOINUSA646N). Measured in dollars, the price rose, peaking in 2024 at $83,730.

Priced in bitcoin, the same thing went from 101.44 BTC in 2014 to 1.25 BTC in 2024 — a change of −99%. That is roughly 81× cheaper in bitcoin terms. The conversion uses the annual average BTC/USD price for each matching year, never a rate borrowed from a different era.

Bitcoin is volatile, and honesty demands showing the steps that ran against the holder. The least flattering single year for this series in bitcoin terms was 2014 to 2015, when the price rose +104% in sats. Over short windows the melting unit can look like the stable one. The direction across the full series is what the chart shows.

At today's spot price, a year's median income works out to about 1.31 BTC ($83,730). The same object, the same shelf — a different measuring stick.