Overview
This analysis examines the real disposable income of people in their 20s using median values in addition to averages, testing the hypothesis of youth impoverishment.
The author argues that regarding the relationship between declining marriages and youth income, young people's wages have grown at roughly the pace of inflation, and income decline is not the cause of reduced marriages. While internet opinions suggest that increased taxes, social insurance premiums, and inflation have made youth poorer in reality, the author conducts analysis considering all these factors.
Looking at 2024 income data for people in their 20s, men's average annual income is 4.061 million yen with a median of 3.937 million yen, a difference of only about 3%. For women, average annual income is 3.662 million yen with a median of 3.575 million yen, also showing only about a 3% difference. Average and median values have moved at roughly the same pace, indicating that high earners are not significantly skewing the average upward.
Based on the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's Basic Survey on Wage Structure, examining real disposable income trends accounting for price changes including consumption tax, income tax, resident tax, and social insurance premium changes, real disposable income for people in their 20s has remained essentially flat since 2014 when viewed by median values.
The article concludes that youth real disposable income has not declined even when viewed by median values, suggesting that the cause of declining marriages is more likely due to changing values rather than economic factors.
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This analysis examines the real disposable income of people in their 20s using median values in addition to averages, testing the hypothesis of youth impoverishment.
The author argues that regarding the relationship between declining marriages and youth income, young people's wages have grown at roughly the pace of inflation, and income decline is not the cause of reduced marriages. While internet opinions suggest that increased taxes, social insurance premiums, and inflation have made youth poorer in reality, the author conducts analysis considering all these factors.
Looking at 2024 income data for people in their 20s, men's average annual income is 4.061 million yen with a median of 3.937 million yen, a difference of only about 3%. For women, average annual income is 3.662 million yen with a median of 3.575 million yen, also showing only about a 3% difference. Average and median values have moved at roughly the same pace, indicating that high earners are not significantly skewing the average upward.
Based on the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's Basic Survey on Wage Structure, examining real disposable income trends accounting for price changes including consumption tax, income tax, resident tax, and social insurance premium changes, real disposable income for people in their 20s has remained essentially flat since 2014 when viewed by median values.
The article concludes that youth real disposable income has not declined even when viewed by median values, suggesting that the cause of declining marriages is more likely due to changing values rather than economic factors.