从传统货币收入定义出发，CBO发现实际中位家庭收入在1980—2010年间仅仅增加了15 % ， 与人口普查局的测算相当。
With the traditional definition of money income, the CBO found that real median household income rose by just 15% from 1980 to 2010, similar to the Census Bureau’s estimate.