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In the past 12 months, which one of the following best describes your (and your spouse’s or partner’s) income?
Month-to-month variation in income over past year · Asked in 9 waves, 2017–2025 · 107,494 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Version of I9 first asked in 2017: wording or answer options differ from shed:I9.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Roughly the same amount each month | Occasionally varies from month to month | Varies quite often from month to month | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2025 62 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2025-10-17 to 2025-10-28 | web | 12,934 | 12,934 |
| SHED 2024 67 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2024-10-18 to 2024-10-31 | web | 12,295 | 12,295 |
| SHED 2023 57 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2023-10-20 to 2023-11-05 | web | 11,400 | 11,400 |
| SHED 2022 53 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 11,667 |
| SHED 2021 49 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 11,874 |
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 11,648 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 12,173 |
| SHED 2018 | 2018-10-01 to 2018-11-30 | web | 11,316 | 11,316 |
| SHED 2017 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| 70% |
| 21% |
| 8% |
| 12934 |
| ±0.9 |
| 18–29 | 53% | 31% | 16% | 2091 | ±2 |
| 30–44 | 68% | 23% | 9% | 3002 | ±2 |
| 45–64 | 74% | 19% | 7% | 4200 | ±2 |
| 65+ | 83% | 13% | 4% | 3641 | ±2 |
SHED 2025 · US adults 18+. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| 2017-11-01 to 2017-12-31 |
| web |
| 12,187 |
| 12,187 |