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Inflation from 15 years ago to now is 33%[0]. Inflation from 30 years to now is 107%[0]. So yeah, median incomes are dropping.

You're adjusting for inflation twice. The numbers I gave in my comment, and in the chart I linked, are after inflation adjustment.

Here's the equivalent chart without inflation adjustment, which gives the (incorrect) impression of sharply rising incomes: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA646N

You're right, and that's 100% on me for not clicking your link.