U.S. Consumer Spending Infographic

Visual Economics has taken data from the US Department of Labor and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and created an infographic showing the average breakdown of how the average US Consumer spends his paycheck. Such information as:

• 20% goes to Shelter
• 0.7% to Tobacco, and 0.9% to Alcohol
• 5.7% to Healthcare

Hit their website for the full infographic.

How The Average U.S. Consumer Spends Their Paycheck – Visual Economics.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .