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California: Quintiles of income before taxes, 2022–2023

Annual expenditure means and characteristics, Consumer Expenditure Surveys
Item	All Consumer Units	Lowest 20 Percent	Second 20 Percent	Third 20 Percent	Fourth 20 Percent	Highest 20 Percent
Number of Consumer Units	14,314,999	2,499,098	2,705,245	3,064,220	3,160,606	2,885,831
Consumer Unit Characteristics:
Income before taxes	$116,429.05	$16,424.94	$44,742.16	$79,231.86	$131,312.39	$293,428.58
Age of reference person	51.4	57.8	52.3	50.0	49.1	49.0
Average Number in Consumer Unit:
People	2.7	1.7	2.5	2.8	3.1	3.2
Children under 18	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Adults 65 and older	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3
Earners	1.5	0.5	1.1	1.5	1.9	2.1
Vehicles	1.9	1.1	1.5	2.0	2.4	2.5
Percent Distribution of Reference Person:
Men	48.8	46.2	43.2	47.5	50.9	55.6
Women	51.2	53.8	56.8	52.5	49.1	44.4
Housing Tenure:
Homeowner	54.9	34.1	44.1	46.9	65.3	80.1
With mortgage	35.9	11.9	20.2	28.6	48.7	65.0
Without mortgage	19.0	22.2	23.8	18.3	16.7	15.1
Renter	45.1	65.9	55.9	53.1	34.7	19.9
Race of Reference Person:
Black or African-American	4.1	5.3	4.5	4.5	4.0	2.4
White, Asian, and all other races, not including Black or African-American	95.9	94.7	95.5	95.5	96.0	97.6
Hispanic or Latino Origin of Reference Person:
Hispanic or Latino	30.7	27.6	36.6	36.4	32.5	20.0
Not Hispanic or Latino	69.3	72.4	63.4	63.6	67.5	80.0
Education of Reference Person:
Elementary (1-8)	4.4	6.1	7.3	4.6	3.8	0.8
High school (9-12)	20.8	26.6	28.8	24.2	16.9	9.0
College	74.0	65.4	62.5	70.9	79.1	90.1
Never attended and other	0.7	2.0	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.0
At least one vehicle owned or leased	91.1	73.0	90.6	94.3	97.0	97.2
Average annual expenditures	$89,922.25	$41,965.09	$57,681.25	$81,265.73	$101,307.94	$159,084.69
Food	12,137.48	6,949.33	9,172.07	11,361.00	13,933.12	18,628.83
Food at home	6,875.28	4,744.59	6,042.44	6,587.24	7,408.68	9,331.29
Cereals and bakery products	892.00	599.58	768.09	900.21	962.91	1,195.93
Cereals and cereal products	273.87	179.30	225.94	294.39	290.41	369.52
Bakery products	618.13	420.28	542.15	605.83	672.50	826.42
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1,403.40	1,027.75	1,373.59	1,284.91	1,517.31	1,762.54
Beef	325.96	232.09	312.22	300.02	376.86	395.98
Pork	276.19	182.15	316.62	237.65	298.96	331.55
Other meats	161.90	117.59	169.80	146.19	158.19	211.59
Poultry	279.06	205.99	248.58	276.43	318.04	337.55
Fish and seafood	236.37	191.72	214.56	211.72	223.96	334.00
Eggs	123.92	98.21	111.81	112.90	141.30	151.88
Dairy products	639.74	468.75	610.82	600.60	682.18	814.17
Fresh milk and cream	191.74	141.37	187.35	177.34	208.49	237.40
Other dairy products	447.99	327.38	423.47	423.26	473.69	576.77
Fruits and vegetables	1,347.74	960.39	1,154.38	1,288.75	1,476.13	1,812.36
Fresh fruits	561.13	382.29	469.95	509.80	644.81	776.05
Fresh vegetables	505.46	373.18	458.71	487.40	545.29	646.52
Processed fruits	89.71	73.58	76.85	91.35	89.22	115.93
Processed vegetables	102.37	81.76	75.83	112.08	105.35	135.24
Processed fruits and vegetables (new category Q20231)	89.07	49.58	73.04	88.13	91.45	138.61
Other food at home	2,592.40	1,688.13	2,135.57	2,512.77	2,770.15	3,746.28
Sugar and other sweets	224.14	170.13	202.22	220.11	203.38	318.77
Fats and oils	155.73	129.12	140.09	156.91	154.64	195.04
Miscellaneous foods	1,407.18	892.67	1,126.87	1,333.18	1,529.48	2,092.78
Nonalcoholic beverages	694.93	451.40	596.22	708.88	756.85	933.78
Food prepared by consumer unit on out of town trips	110.42	44.81	70.17	93.69	125.79	205.92
Food away from home	5,262.20	2,204.74	3,129.63	4,773.77	6,524.44	9,297.53
Alcoholic beverages	800.55	331.09	441.14	628.55	979.47	1,552.79
Housing	32,917.88	18,157.27	23,620.45	30,144.34	36,710.64	53,277.96
Shelter	21,547.95	12,715.17	15,830.13	20,149.23	22,972.02	34,482.61
Owned dwellings	10,477.58	3,389.95	5,820.55	6,795.82	11,853.40	23,383.54
Mortgage interest and charges	4,848.75	877.34	2,345.15	2,760.71	5,738.74	11,877.24
Property taxes	3,050.56	1,085.91	1,765.41	1,994.85	3,388.78	6,707.18
Maintenance, repairs, insurance, and other expenses	2,578.28	1,426.69	1,709.99	2,040.25	2,725.88	4,799.12
Rented dwellings	9,395.71	8,469.71	9,340.90	12,324.48	9,458.90	7,069.97
Other lodging	1,674.67	855.51	668.68	1,028.93	1,659.72	4,029.10
Utilities, fuels, and public services	4,913.94	2,767.66	4,071.38	4,858.59	5,813.77	6,635.69
Natural gas	567.65	340.15	495.78	558.75	607.90	797.40
Electricity	1,710.99	1,027.23	1,466.16	1,710.87	1,925.36	2,297.96
Fuel oil and other fuels	73.51	56.39	60.73	66.85	81.44	98.68
Telephone services	1,568.58	835.91	1,277.85	1,649.92	1,919.78	2,004.62
Residential phone service, VOIP, and phone cards	142.14	147.12	138.09	124.03	142.19	160.79
Cellular phone service	1,426.45	688.79	1,139.76	1,525.89	1,777.59	1,843.82
Water and other public services	993.21	507.98	770.86	872.20	1,279.30	1,437.04
Household operations	2,529.71	1,008.72	1,247.86	1,931.95	3,167.65	4,984.81
Personal services	787.65	47.33	122.84	363.43	1,216.15	2,033.11
Other household expenses	1,742.05	961.39	1,125.02	1,568.52	1,951.50	2,951.69
Housekeeping supplies	850.95	598.73	695.54	752.93	929.27	1,246.06
Laundry and cleaning supplies	87.70	85.46	96.08	99.81	82.21	75.04
Laundry and cleaning products (new UCC Q20231)	101.46	68.97	104.50	79.12	125.39	124.15
Other household products	514.96	330.08	377.83	437.18	538.18	868.46
Postage and stationery	146.83	114.21	117.12	136.82	183.49	178.42
Household furnishings and equipment	3,075.33	1,066.99	1,775.54	2,451.65	3,827.94	5,928.78
Household textiles	160.38	77.78	83.88	79.07	150.34	399.46
Furniture	807.35	169.18	243.74	498.36	911.60	2,102.24
Floor coverings	29.44	15.94	28.78	19.24	20.59	62.28
Major appliances	471.38	170.61	331.95	350.99	522.14	935.40
Small appliances and miscellaneous housewares	188.70	95.35	158.04	170.28	242.37	262.18
Miscellaneous household equipment	1,418.08	538.12	929.16	1,333.71	1,980.89	2,167.22
Apparel and services	2,481.57	1,131.04	1,531.76	2,402.91	2,906.65	4,283.44
Men and boys	528.36	202.30	280.92	533.76	721.47	865.69
Men, 16 and over	406.16	175.34	256.92	433.75	529.53	608.72
Boys, 2 to 15	122.20	26.96	23.99	100.01	191.94	256.98
Women and girls	888.69	434.23	483.18	847.37	1,053.22	1,575.37
Women, 16 and over	769.58	393.33	444.48	719.78	860.13	1,388.25
Girls, 2 to 15	119.12	40.91	38.70	127.59	193.09	187.12
Children under 2	98.37	27.86	127.36	95.90	162.30	68.61
Footwear	551.06	256.15	402.48	656.49	590.26	821.15
Other apparel products and services	415.09	210.50	237.82	269.39	379.40	952.62
Transportation	14,431.07	5,841.49	9,359.02	13,991.53	16,620.20	24,703.56
Vehicle purchases (net outlay)	4,982.81	1,523.27	2,631.33	4,758.26	5,214.44	10,167.79
Cars and trucks, new	3,248.71	1,097.92	1,422.04	2,357.06	2,848.18	8,209.04
Cars and trucks, used	1,698.40	425.36	1,209.29	2,341.53	2,366.26	1,845.04
Other vehicles	35.70	0.00	0.00	59.67	0.00	113.71
Gasoline, other fuels, and motor oil	6.02	4.19	4.98	8.95	9.05	2.15
Gasoline and other fuels (new category Q20231)	3,695.56	1,825.13	2,882.37	3,885.41	4,566.29	4,922.44
Other vehicle expenses	4,466.30	2,076.56	3,215.67	4,324.38	5,403.09	6,843.07
Vehicle finance charges	313.11	77.02	195.25	260.89	457.67	525.18
Maintenance and repairs	1,244.62	669.79	988.88	1,128.59	1,549.82	1,781.33
Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other charges	1,039.86	385.64	664.13	986.75	1,170.56	1,871.88
Vehicle insurance	1,868.70	944.11	1,367.41	1,948.15	2,225.03	2,664.67
Public and other transportation	1,280.38	412.34	624.66	1,014.53	1,427.33	2,768.11
Healthcare	6,065.15	3,660.38	4,366.76	5,954.23	7,185.97	8,637.59
Health insurance	4,093.18	2,516.85	2,965.96	4,118.20	4,691.32	5,833.30
Medical services	1,239.94	575.47	734.46	1,171.18	1,689.56	1,869.77
Drugs	485.06	412.38	410.68	457.60	542.79	585.98
Medical supplies	246.96	155.68	255.66	207.25	262.30	348.55
Entertainment	3,830.07	1,679.40	2,328.59	3,778.05	4,526.83	6,456.63
Fees and admissions	1,082.83	320.94	440.06	824.93	1,222.63	2,469.52
Audio and visual equipment and services	1,125.68	641.25	951.27	1,239.86	1,204.22	1,518.01
Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment	1,045.80	552.41	696.12	1,001.82	1,328.08	1,572.18
Pets	827.92	431.55	556.05	821.70	1,051.82	1,214.09
Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment	217.88	120.86	140.06	180.12	276.26	358.09
Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and services	575.76	164.80	241.15	711.44	771.90	896.92
Personal care products and services	1,105.10	541.93	868.34	1,099.30	1,250.89	1,682.55
Reading	165.32	98.52	162.95	118.52	220.21	217.62
Education	1,691.97	1,093.81	527.59	1,305.33	1,008.77	4,467.09
Tobacco products and smoking supplies	241.32	242.25	217.41	293.05	252.24	194.22
Miscellaneous	1,184.27	533.95	626.44	1,311.33	1,020.05	2,313.14
Cash contributions	2,096.85	939.28	1,226.22	1,734.62	1,716.59	4,716.55
Personal insurance and pensions	10,773.65	765.34	3,232.50	7,142.97	12,976.31	27,952.73
Life and other personal insurance	557.81	210.52	271.34	387.04	704.34	1,147.95
Pensions and Social Security	10,215.84	554.82	2,961.16	6,755.93	12,271.97	26,804.78
Sources of Income:
Income before taxes	116,429.05	16,424.94	44,742.16	79,231.86	131,312.39	293,428.58
Wages and salaries	91,104.61	5,014.11	29,053.15	60,072.26	104,660.61	241,930.41
Self-employment income	9,450.16	680.26	1,826.15	4,512.77	7,524.48	31,543.32
Social Security, private and government retirement	10,028.89	7,308.76	10,491.58	10,714.71	12,687.67	8,310.59
Interest, dividends, rental income, and other property income	3,794.42	365.63	872.75	2,063.18	4,661.29	10,391.40
Public assistance, Supplemental Security Income, Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)	757.50	1,758.14	1,325.88	583.12	257.04	91.40
Unemployment and workers' compensation, veterans' benefits, and regular contributions for support	831.20	456.72	566.70	961.29	1,157.55	907.88
Other income	462.29	841.33	605.95	324.51	363.75	253.57
Personal taxes (contains some imputed values)	17,145.34	-1,017.96	-1,140.31	5,472.95	13,946.18	65,913.65
Federal income taxes	12,467.31	-1,060.31	-1,437.89	3,982.45	10,310.92	48,588.23
State and local income taxes	4,589.45	8.96	234.27	1,421.12	3,532.45	17,160.59
Other taxes	88.58	33.39	63.31	69.38	102.81	164.84

Last Modified Date: April 25, 2025