average entertainment per month
The average American household spends a little more than $2,500 a year for entertainment expenses, based on an annual income before taxes at about $63,500, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That comes to just more than $200 a month, or 5.5 percent of earned income, for entertainment. The bureauâs report also includes some $2,600 for food away from home and about $1,700 for apparel and services among the average annual expenditures.