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discretionary income

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Discretionary income
The amount of income a consumer has available after purchasing essentials such as food and shelter.
discretionary income
Individual income that is not allocated to expenditures for necessities such as food and shelter. Increasing amounts of discretionary income are especially favorable for the prospects of firms that sell luxury or leisure items and services.


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This, combined with weak earnings growth, is putting downward pressure on discretionary incomes.
Families have more to spend by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
On the other hand, if you have a positive number of discretionary income, you can then multiply that number by 12 to get your annual discretionary income.
Bury the Debt Monster Part Three by Sharon Chennault / Finance and Investment community
Discretionary income was determined by cross-tabulating and classifying the 60,000 households in the March 1987 Current Population Survey by income, age, occupation, education, number of earners, and other demographic characteristics.
Characteristics of households with discretionary income by Lande, Laurie / Monthly Labor Review
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