Originally Posted by
Blackhawk
Real income per household member rose to $22,966 in 2003 from $16,420 in 1983 (in 2003 dollars)--a 40% gain.
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl
$16,420 in 1983 has the same buying power as $30,344 in 2003.
Looks like real income per household member in 2003 is only 76% of what it was 20 years earlier.