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. 2018 Nov 28;56(1):367–390. doi: 10.1007/s13524-018-0738-8

Table 2.

Percentage of sample in income groups defined by U.S. income quintile boundaries

Q1: <$27K Q2: $27K–$44K Q3: $44K–$65K Q4: $65K–$96K Q5: >$96K
United States 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0
United Kingdom 13.0 23.9 22.5 20.1 20.6
Australia 10.1 21.1 27.4 24.4 17.1
Canada 12.1 25.3 30.3 22.0 10.3

Note: Incomes are gross (pretax but post-transfer), equalized and normalized to a family of four, and expressed in 2011 U.S. dollars.