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We used US Census administrative income data that tracked 6120 cohorts covering 84% of working-age adults from 2005 to 2019. Using difference-in-differences, we compared changes in income among low-income adults living in expansion states, before and after expansion, with changes in income in low-income adults living in non-expansion states. Low-income adults living in Medicaid-expansion states experienced an average 9.5% relative increase in income in the 5 years after expansion. This impact was concentrated among adults who were likely newly eligible for Medicaid after the expansion. These adults experienced a 9.6% relative increase in income, as well as a 2.1 percentage point (7.3%) relative higher likelihood of having income in the 40th income percentile or higher. We found suggestive evidence that a reduction in unpaid time off from work drove a small part of this relative income increase among those newly eligible. 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