I’m trying to find the median income in the US. [The census says that it’s about 61k](https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2018/demo/p60-263.html), but [the Social Security Administration says that it’s about 29k.](https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/netcomp.cgi?year=2014) How is there such a huge difference in the two numbers?
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Another difference is that the census is measuring *income* while the SSA is measuring *wages*. There are many forms of non-wage income, the most common being dividends from investments.
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