Average annual household spending, total in United States

Average annual household spending, total in the United States was $78,535 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 1.6% from 2023.

2024, USD78,535

Change on 2023+1.6%

Series high78,5352024

Series low21,9751984

Next release: Thursday, 29 October 2026, 10:00 ET, announced by BLS. Release calendar

Average annual household spending, total in United States, 1984 to 2024

USD. Source: BLS, Consumer Expenditure Surveys: average annual expenditures on all goods and services, all consumer units (CXUTOTALEXPLB0101M). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-19.

All 41 values

Period	USD
2024	78,535
2023	77,280
2022	72,973
2021	66,928
2020	61,332
2019	63,036
2018	61,224
2017	60,060
2016	57,311
2015	55,978
2014	53,495
2013	51,100
2012	51,442
2011	49,705
2010	48,109
2009	49,067
2008	50,486
2007	49,638
2006	48,398
2005	46,409
2004	43,395
2003	40,817
2002	40,677
2001	39,518
2000	38,045
1999	36,995
1998	35,535
1997	34,819
1996	33,797
1995	32,264
1994	31,731
1993	30,692
1992	29,846
1991	29,614
1990	28,381
1989	27,810
1988	25,892
1987	24,414
1986	23,866
1985	23,490
1984	21,975

Definition

Average annual spending on all goods and services per consumer unit in the United States, in current US dollars, from the Consumer Expenditure Surveys of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (series CXUTOTALEXPLB0101M, all consumer units, mean). Total expenditures cover 14 major components: food, alcoholic beverages, housing, apparel and services, transportation, healthcare, entertainment, personal care, reading, education, tobacco, miscellaneous, cash contributions, and personal insurance and pensions. A consumer unit is a family, a financially independent person living alone or sharing a home, or two or more people living together who share major expenses; it is close to a household. Spending includes sales taxes and gifts and excludes purchases for business; a purchase counts in full when it is made, even if it is paid in installments.

An average per consumer unit, not per person: consumer units had 2.4 people on average in 2024. Current dollars, not adjusted for inflation. United States only. It measures what households pay themselves, so it is lower than personal consumption expenditures in the national accounts, which also count spending on behalf of households, such as employer-paid health insurance.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consumer Expenditure Surveys: average annual expenditures on all goods and services, all consumer units (CXUTOTALEXPLB0101M). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx/cx.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2025). Consumer Expenditure Surveys: average annual expenditures on all goods and services, all consumer units (CXUTOTALEXPLB0101M) (Average annual household spending, total, United States, 1984 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx/cx.data.1.AllData

MLA 9

Consumer Expenditure Surveys: average annual expenditures on all goods and services, all consumer units (CXUTOTALEXPLB0101M), Average annual household spending, total, United States, 1984 to 2024. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 19 Dec. 2025, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx/cx.data.1.AllData. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/average-household-spending/united-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2025. Consumer Expenditure Surveys: average annual expenditures on all goods and services, all consumer units (CXUTOTALEXPLB0101M). Average annual household spending, total, United States, 1984 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx/cx.data.1.AllData. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/average-household-spending/united-states.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025) Consumer Expenditure Surveys: average annual expenditures on all goods and services, all consumer units (CXUTOTALEXPLB0101M), Average annual household spending, total, United States, 1984 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx/cx.data.1.AllData, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/average-household-spending/united-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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What is the average annual household spending, total in United States?

Average annual household spending, total in the United States was $78,535 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 1.6% from 2023.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consumer Expenditure Surveys: average annual expenditures on all goods and services, all consumer units (CXUTOTALEXPLB0101M). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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$78,535 in 2024, the highest value since 1984 in this series.

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