Median household income ticked down slightly in 2021 from the year before, according to the Census Bureau’s annual report.

The median income in 2021 was $70,800, down from $71,200 in 2020 — the first year of the pandemic and one which featured a brief period of recession. The median income in 2021 represents a 2.8% decrease from where it was in 2019, before the pandemic took hold.