US Families' Income Uncertainty Reaches Record 37% Despite More Normal Recent Earnings, Fed Data Show

US families’ income uncertainty reached a record 37 per cent despite more normal recent earnings, according to Federal Reserve survey findings (Credit: By: Mikhail Nilov/Pexels)

A record 37 per cent of US families said in 2025 that they lacked a good idea of their income for the following year, according to the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances, released on 9 October 2026.

The finding came despite a decline in the proportion of families reporting unusually high or low income in the preceding year.