The budget of the average American household 1
Earnings (before taxes)		$62,857	This requires 1.3 wage earners
Expenditures (after taxes, of course)		$49,067	78% of income
Category		Dollars	Percentage
-	Food	$6,372	13.0%
-	Housing	$16,895	34.4%
-	Apparel & Services	$1,7252	3.5%
-	Transportation	$7,658	15.6%
-	Health Care	$3,126	6.4%
-	Entertainment	$2,6932	5.9%
-	Insurance Premiums	$5,471	11.1%
-	Misc.	$5,187	10.6%
Total expenditures		$49,067	-

 
Notes:

1	-	2009 data
2	-	Almost twice as much spent on entertainment as for clothing