Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2023 Consumer Expenditure Survey
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That's the number buried in a 200-page government report nobody reads.
So I made it worth reading.
The raw data is a spreadsheet.This is what it looks like when you actually design it.
Where the Money Goes
Average annual spending across 14 major categories
Averages are lazy storytelling.The real story is in who you are.
Find Yourself
Select your age or income bracket to see how your group compares to the national average
Age Group
Income Quintile
Select a group above to see how spending shifts across demographics
The best part of any datasetis what nobody expects to find.
The Weird Stuff
Patterns you won't find in the executive summary
75+ households spend 2.1x the national average on reading materials — the biggest generational gap in any category.
The lowest income quintile spends more on tobacco than the highest earners. One of the few categories where spending goes down as income goes up.
Top earners spend 3x more on entertainment than the bottom quintile — $5,193 vs $1,723 per year.
75+ households spend the most on healthcare — nearly 5x what under-25s spend. It becomes their #2 expense after housing.
The Point
Every report deserves this treatment.
This started as a 200-page government PDF. Same data, completely different experience. The BLS didn't change their numbers — I changed how they're presented. AI handles the heavy lifting. Design does the rest. That's the skill: taking what matters and making people actually want to engage with it.
Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2023. All figures represent mean annual expenditures per consumer unit. Built with AI-assisted design by Juan Minoprio.