| CERTIFICATION |
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Christopher H. Pinkerton, President and Principal Executive Officer of First Investors Income
Funds (the “Registrant”), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as enacted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
1. The Registrant’s periodic report on Form N-CSR of First Investors Income Funds for the six
months ended March 31, 2012, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as
applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2. The information contained in such Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.
Dated: May 30, 2012
| /S/ CHRISTOPHER H. PINKERTON | |
| Christopher H. Pinkerton | |
| President and Principal Executive Officer, | |
| First Investors Income Funds |
| CERTIFICATION |
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Joseph I. Benedek, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer of First Investors Income Funds
(the “Registrant”), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as enacted pursuant to Section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
1. The Registrant’s periodic report on Form N-CSR of First Investors Income Funds for the six
months ended March 31, 2012, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as
applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2. The information contained in such Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.
Dated: May 30, 2012
| /S/ JOSEPH I. BENEDEK | |
| Joseph I. Benedek | |
| Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, | |
| First Investors Income Funds |