Facts first
Our standard: cite it or don't say it.
A movement asking for your trust owes you its receipts. So this page holds itself to a simple rule: every statistic on this site names its source and its year — inline, or in the line directly beneath the chart. The numbers here come from federal agencies and established national researchers: the Social Security Administration, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Federal Reserve, the National Association of Realtors, KFF, and the College Board.
Two more habits you'll see throughout. When a figure is an approximation, we mark it as one — "about," "roughly," "≈." And when we do arithmetic on a sourced figure — dividing a yearly number by twelve, multiplying a yearly tuition by four — we say so on the chart itself, because a derived number is our math, not the agency's.
The evidence
Six pictures of working America
Wages, prices, housing, health care, college, and the size of the majority itself. Each chart is drawn from the sources named beneath it — nothing more.
Who earns what
Share of American wage earners by annual wage. The categories are cumulative — "under $120,000" includes everyone under $50,000.
Source: Social Security Administration wage statistics, 2023. Shares are approximate.
The math of a median month
The median household's monthly income beside one of the biggest recurring costs in American life. Monthly figures are yearly sources divided by twelve — illustrative arithmetic; your numbers vary.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 ($80,610 ÷ 12); KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey, 2024 ($25,572 and $6,296 ÷ 12). The total premium is paid by employer and worker together.
Prices since 2020
Cumulative change in consumer prices. The sourced figure is the endpoint — about +21% from January 2020 to December 2024; the points between sketch the path.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index. Endpoint (+21%, Jan 2020–Dec 2024) is the sourced figure; intermediate points are illustrative of the trend.
The home that moved away
The median existing home now sells for roughly five times the median household's yearly income. The light lines slice the home price into income-sized pieces.
Sources: National Association of Realtors, 2024; U.S. Census Bureau, 2023. $407,000 ÷ $80,610 ≈ 5 — our arithmetic.
What college costs
In-state tuition and fees at a public university, per year and across four years — before room, board, or books.
Sources: College Board, 2024-25; Federal Reserve, 2024. Four-year figure excludes room, board, and books.
Who we are
The size of the working majority, in three numbers. Each square below is one wage earner in ten.
Source: Social Security Administration, 2023 and 2024. The Trustees Report (2024) projects the combined trust funds face depletion in the mid-2030s absent action.
How we handle numbers
Three promises about every figure on this site.
Sourced.
Every statistic names its source and year, inline or in the line beneath the chart. No orphan numbers, no "studies show," no statistics from memory.
Labeled.
"We believe" and "we support" mean advocacy — our positions, argued openly. Derived figures are marked as our arithmetic. Illustrations are marked illustrative.
Corrected.
If we get a number wrong, we will fix it on the page and say that we fixed it. A movement built on trust doesn't quietly edit its receipts.
The receipts
Read the sources
Every chart above traces back to one of these. Look them up yourself — that's the point.
- Social Security Administration — wage statistics, 2023
- The distribution of American wage earners by annual net compensation. Basis for "about 9 in 10 under $120,000," the roughly $48,000 median wage earner, and the count of more than 150 million Americans who received wages.
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2023
- Median household income: $80,610.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics — Consumer Price Index
- Cumulative change in consumer prices: about +21% from January 2020 to December 2024.
- National Association of Realtors, 2024
- Median existing-home sale price: about $407,000.
- KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey, 2024
- Average employer family health premium: $25,572 per year, of which the worker's share is about $6,296.
- College Board, 2024-25
- Average in-state public university tuition and fees: about $11,610 per year.
- Federal Reserve, 2024
- Total U.S. student loan debt: over $1.6 trillion.
- Social Security Administration, 2024
- About 68 million Americans receive Social Security benefits. The SSA Trustees Report (2024) projects the combined trust funds face depletion in the mid-2030s absent action.
Data appendix — downloadable at national launch
At launch, this page will carry a downloadable appendix: every figure above in one file, with full citations, retrieval dates, and the arithmetic behind every derived number.
Vote is Power
The numbers are the argument.
About 9 in 10 American wage earners make $120,000 or less (SSA, 2023). That's not a talking point — it's a majority. Membership is free, and it opens at national launch.