Personal income

This table also can be found in the article, "The U.S. economy to 2020: recovery in uncertain times," published in the January 2012 Monthly Labor Review.

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Table 4.10 Personal income, 1990, 2000, 2010, and projected 2020

Category

Billions of current dollars

Percent distribution

Annual rate of change

1990

2000

2010

2020

1990

2000

2010

2020

1990-2000

2000-10

2010-20

Sources:

Personal income

$4,846.7

$8,559.4

$12,373.5

$20,573.7

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

5.9

3.8

5.2

Compensation of employees

3,326.2

5,788.9

7,971.4

12,878.2

68.6

67.6

64.4

62.6

5.7

3.3

4.9

Wage & salary disbursements

2,741.1

4,827.7

6,408.2

10,320.5

56.6

56.4

51.8

50.2

5.8

2.9

4.9

Supplements to wages & salary

585.0

961.2

1,563.1

2,557.8

12.1

11.2

12.6

12.4

5.1

5.0

5.0

Proprietors' income

365.2

817.5

1,036.4

1,770.8

7.5

9.6

8.4

8.6

8.4

2.4

5.5

Rental income

49.8

215.3

350.2

484.2

1.0

2.5

2.8

2.4

15.8

5.0

3.3

Personal income on assets

920.8

1,360.7

1,721.2

3,680.6

19.0

15.9

13.9

17.9

4.0

2.4

7.9

Personal interest income

752.0

984.2

1,003.4

2,393.4

15.5

11.5

8.1

11.6

2.7

0.2

9.1

Personal dividend income

168.9

376.5

717.7

1,287.2

3.5

4.4

5.8

6.3

8.4

6.7

6.0

Personal current transfer receipts

594.9

1,083.0

2,281.2

3,397.3

12.3

12.7

18.4

16.5

6.2

7.7

4.1

Federal social benefits

445.0

769.1

1,708.3

2,484.1

9.2

9.0

13.8

12.1

5.6

8.3

3.8

State & local social benefits

127.7

271.5

534.6

850.9

2.6

3.2

4.3

4.1

7.8

7.0

4.8

Other, from business (net)

22.2

42.5

38.3

62.2

0.5

0.5

0.3

0.3

6.7

-1.0

5.0

Less: Social insurance contribution

412.1

709.4

991.7

1,637.4

8.5

8.3

8.0

8.0

5.6

3.4

5.1

Uses:

Personal income

4,846.7

8,559.4

12,373.5

20,573.7

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

5.9

3.8

5.2

Personal consumption

3,835.4

6,830.4

10,245.5

16,600.5

79.1

79.8

82.8

80.7

5.9

4.1

4.9

Personal taxes

592.7

1,232.3

1,193.9

2,841.1

12.2

14.4

9.6

13.8

7.6

-0.3

9.1

Personal interest payments

111.3

200.3

173.4

316.0

2.3

2.3

1.4

1.5

6.0

-1.4

6.2

Personal transfer payments

30.6

83.4

168.0

258.6

0.6

1.0

1.4

1.3

10.5

7.3

4.4

To government:

18.4

48.8

95.1

150.5

0.4

0.6

0.8

0.7

10.2

6.9

4.7

Federal

3.5

10.7

21.0

30.7

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

12.0

6.9

3.9

State & local

14.9

38.0

74.1

119.8

0.3

0.4

0.6

0.6

9.8

6.9

4.9

To the rest of the world (net)

12.2

34.6

72.9

108.2

0.3

0.4

0.6

0.5

11.0

7.7

4.0

Personal savings

276.7

213.1

592.8

557.5

5.7

2.5

4.8

2.7

-2.6

10.8

-0.6

Addenda:

Disposable personal income

4,254.0

7,327.2

11,179.7

17,732.5

-

-

-

-

5.6

4.3

4.7

Disposable personal income, chained 2005 dollars

5,893.6

8,157.9

10,061.7

12,886.0

-

-

-

-

3.3

2.1

2.5

Per capita disposable income

17,010.9

25,934.7

36,015.5

51,874.9

-

-

-

-

4.3

3.3

3.7

Per capita disposable income, chained 2005 dollars

23,567.2

28,875.1

32,414.0

37,696.8

-

-

-

-

2.1

1.2

1.5

Savings rate (percent)

6.5

2.9

5.3

3.1

-

-

-

-

-7.7

6.2

-5.1

Note: Dash indicates data not computable or not applicable.

Source: Historical data: Bureau of Economic Analysis; Projected data: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Last Modified Date: February 01, 2012