The difference is much smaller if you look at the median disposable income instead. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_household_and_per_capita_income#

The difference is much smaller if you look at the median disposable income instead. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_household_and_per_capita_income#Median_equivalent_adult_income https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_household_and_per... The big skewness (difference between the mean and the median) suggests that a lot of wealth is concentrated at the top and that many people are in fact worse off than Europeans.