With the traditional definition of money income, the CBO found that real median household income rose by just 15% from 1980 to 2010, similar to the Census Bureau’s estimate. But when they expanded the definition of income to include benefits and subtracted taxes, they found that the median household’s real income rose by 45%.
从传统货币收入定义出发，CBO发现实际中位家庭收入在1980—2010年间仅仅增加了15%，与人口普查局的测算相当。但若把收入的定义扩大，将减税的收益包括进来时，CBO发现中位家庭实际收入增加了45%。经家庭规模调整的分析将这一收益进一步提高到53%。