# Average annual household spending on entertainment in United States

Average annual household spending on entertainment in United States was $3,609 in 2024. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

- Indicator id: `avg_household_spending_entertainment_usd`
- Place id: `us`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Average annual spending on entertainment 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 CXUENTRTAINLB0101M, all consumer units, mean). Fees and admissions; television, radio and sound equipment and services, including cable TV; pets, toys, hobbies and playground equipment; and other entertainment equipment and services, such as sports and exercise equipment, bicycles and boats. 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Surveys: average annual expenditures on entertainment, all consumer units (CXUENTRTAINLB0101M) (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx/cx.data.1.AllData)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consumer Expenditure Surveys: average annual expenditures on entertainment, all consumer units (CXUENTRTAINLB0101M). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cx/cx.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
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- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=avg_household_spending_entertainment_usd&place=us

| Period | USD |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 3,609 |
| 2023 | 3,635 |
| 2022 | 3,458 |
| 2021 | 3,568 |
| 2020 | 2,909 |
| 2019 | 3,090 |
| 2018 | 3,226 |
| 2017 | 3,203 |
| 2016 | 2,913 |
| 2015 | 2,842 |
| 2014 | 2,728 |
| 2013 | 2,482 |
| 2012 | 2,605 |
| 2011 | 2,572 |
| 2010 | 2,504 |
| 2009 | 2,693 |
| 2008 | 2,835 |
| 2007 | 2,698 |
| 2006 | 2,376 |
| 2005 | 2,388 |
| 2004 | 2,218 |
| 2003 | 2,060 |
| 2002 | 2,079 |
| 2001 | 1,953 |
| 2000 | 1,863 |
| 1999 | 1,891 |
| 1998 | 1,746 |
| 1997 | 1,813 |
| 1996 | 1,834 |
| 1995 | 1,612 |
| 1994 | 1,567 |
| 1993 | 1,626 |
| 1992 | 1,500 |
| 1991 | 1,472 |
| 1990 | 1,422 |
| 1989 | 1,424 |
| 1988 | 1,329 |
| 1987 | 1,193 |
| 1986 | 1,149 |
| 1985 | 1,170 |
| 1984 | 1,055 |