Consumer units include families, single persons living alone or sharing a household with others but who are financially independent, or two or more persons living together who share expenses.
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Consumer spending in the U.S. 2024, by household composition
In 2024, married couple without children households spent 88,687 U.S. dollars on average. Married couples with an eldest child between the ages of 6 and 17 had the highest average expenditure, at 117,355 U.S. dollars.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (December 19, 2025). Average annual consumer expenditure in the United States in 2024, by composition of consumer units (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from /statistics/247434/annual-us-consumer-spending-by-household-composition/
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