About this data

Source: ONS, Generational income: the effects of taxes and benefits, 1977 to financial year ending 2018, Table 3

• Each line follows people born in the same decade as they age, using the age of the household reference person (usually the highest earner). Income is household disposable income, adjusted for household size, and for inflation using CPIH (excluding council tax), in 2017/18 prices.
• Data run from 1977 to 2017/18, so younger generations are only observed at younger ages. Boomers were born roughly 1946 to 1964, Generation X 1965 to 1980, Millennials 1981 to 1996, and Generation Z from 1997.

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