It's virtually impossible to get anything more than an educated, ball park estimate for a family at a given time. Let alone comparing now to decades ago. Even the authorities don't agree on their estimates. I basically don't even bother posting the estimates anymore.

I think it can safely be said that the mob, in New York and elsewhere, isn't bringing in the level of money it once did. In New York they lost the garment center, the airport, the food markets, much of the commercial garbage, the Javits center, as well as many of the unions used to infiltrated and control these industries. This, in turn, has deprived mob guys of lucrative, legitimate jobs (no show, low show, or otherwise) that they can declare income with and have health benefits. The mob, of course, also doesn't have the same stake in the drug trade it once did. And other rackets, like prostitution and pornography, are largely passe.

That said, the mob collectively still makes a lot of money from it's illegal gambling, loansharking, and extortion rackets. And in New York, from the construction industry. As we saw with the waterfront lately, there are guys still making six-figure salaries. And others are getting rich through stock fraud or other scams, drugs, etc. Many have profitable legitimate businesses.

I've said it before many times. The mob seems to mirror society in general. Most mob guys are middle class, more or less, with a minority being on both ends of the spectrum - some millionaires and others brokesters.