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2022 U.S. Household Bill Pay Market Size: $3.12 Trillion Spent by American Consumers Each Year on Recurrent Household Billsdoxo, the innovative web and mobile bill pay service, today released its 2022 U.S Bill Pay Market Size & Category Breakout Report, revealing that of the $4.61 trillion that Americans spend annually on household bills, $3.12 trillion falls within 10 primary bill payment categories, comprising nearly one quarter of all U.S. consumer spending1. In this report, statistical analysis of actual household payments - across 97% of U.S. zip codes and 45 types of services - was used to size the market and categories. The report found that the average U.S. household spends $24,032 per year on bills and breaks out the household spending market size for each bill category, percentage of households that pay each bill, and average monthly and annual bill pay costs by state. "doxoINSIGHTS' 2022 U.S. Bill Pay Market Size and Category Breakout Report leverages our proprietary dataset to help make the U.S. Bill Pay Economy transparent and understandable for all, especially in our current economic environment," said Jim Kreyenhagen, doxo's VP of Marketing and Consumer Services. "Alongside our app that simplifies the task of staying on top of bills to help improve financial health, these reports support doxo's ongoing mission to empower our consumer users, billers, and financial service providers alike to make better decisions." doxo's proprietary dataset of consumer bill pay activity generates the industry's most accurate category and regional statistics: doxo's bill pay service enables all-in-one bill pay to more than 100,000 providers across the country in 45 different service categories. By incorporating tens of millions of bill payments across 97% of U.S. zip codes and all U.S. income and regional demographic segments, the 2022 U.S Bill Pay Market Size & Category Breakout Report directly represents what Americans actually pay on their bills. Updated to represent 2022 consumer spending numbers and patterns, this proprietary dataset provides the foundation for doxoINSIGHTS' bottom-up market sizing of the 10 most common bills and makes category size and average spend transparent at the national, state, and local level. In contrast to other industry data sources - which often mix household recurring bill expenses with employer-paid or withheld expenditures (e.g. health insurance, taxes), and retail and discretionary spending (e.g. credit card balances) - doxo's unique, nation-wide household bill pay data specifically quantifies the actual consumer portion of total recurring bill spend and household penetration rate for each category. The report findings include breakouts by service category, household market penetration for each type of service, and household average spend per month by state. $3.12 trillion total household bill pay spent across these categories:
The average U.S. household spends $24,032 per year on the most common bills According to The U.S. Census Bureau, the real median household income in the U.S. is $67,5212. This number, combined with doxo's estimate that the average U.S. household spends $24,032 per year on common bills, suggests that more than one third of Americans' yearly salary is put toward core expenses - a sizable portion of income by any measure. While housing continues to be the highest U.S. household expense by a longshot, the report reveals that the average household is paying more out-of-pocket per month for auto loans, auto insurance, and even mobile phone bills than essential costs like health or life insurance, which are frequently covered by their employer or automatically deducted from paychecks. The average monthly amount of each bill paid in each category is:
Comparison data shows how bills rank by state
In addition to the $24,032 per year the average household spends on the most common bills, consumers also contend with additional hidden costs of bill pay, which totals an average of $925 per year per U.S. household (substantially up from $577 on average the year prior) per household. The Hidden Cost of Bill Pay report from doxoINSIGHTS exposed these fees, finding that staying on top of bills to avoid late fees and other overages, is the single largest determinant in consumer financial health. For more information, or to view the entire report, visit www.doxo.com/insights/. About doxoINSIGHTS doxoINSIGHTS provides direct insight into household financial health and spending activity by leveraging consumer surveys and doxo's unique aggregate bill pay data set, comprising actual bill payment activity to confirmed household service providers across the country. doxo data brings together the broadest available data set for analyzing actual household bill payment activity, pulling from over six (6) million paying consumers across over 97% of U.S. zip codes. doxo's payment network covers over 100,000 providers across 45 different service categories and enables payments using bank accounts, credit cards or debit cards. This uniquely broad statistical foundation powers doxoINSIGHTS reports - uncovering key trends for household financial health and bill payment behavior. About doxo doxo provides simple, secure all-in-one bill payment to any biller, with any payment method, on any device. A doxoPLUS subscription adds free bank payments and five essential financial protections that boost household financial health. Through these services, doxo currently serves over six (6) million users who can make payments to over 100,000 local and national businesses, making doxo the largest bill pay directory in the nation. Billers on the network get paid directly, fast and free - and consumers have complete bill pay independence over when and how they pay their bills. doxo investors include MDV, Sigma Partners, and Bezos Expeditions. doxo is based in Seattle, WA. For more information visit www.doxo.com. 2United States Census Bureau, Income and Poverty in the United States
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