How much was an average income in 1950?

Question

How much was an average income in 1950?

Answer 1

http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/2006...

shows average real income in 2004 dollars from tax returns. As you can it was increasing rapidly so there is not a single number. If you want in 1950's dollars multiply by .14 or go to

http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/

to find correction factor (CPI) for each year