Personal Income

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Last updated May 2, 2021

Next update: October 31, 2025*

Latest Value		Change from One Year Ago
Personal Income Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$24,207.7 March 2021	$5,444.2 (29.01%)
Compensation of employees, received Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$11,977.3 March 2021	$493.4 (4.3%)
Wage & salary disbusements Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$9,771.1 March 2021	$413 (4.41%)
Private Industries Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$8,315.6 March 2021	$441.9 (5.61%)
Government Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$1,455.5 March 2021	-$28.9 (-1.95%)
Supplements to wages & salaries Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$2,206.2 March 2021	$80.4 (3.78%)
Employer contributions for government social insurance Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$683.6 March 2021	$27.4 (4.18%)
Proprietors' income with inventory valuation & capital consumption adjustments Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$1,825.9 March 2021	$189.3 (11.57%)
Farm Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$67.4 March 2021	$22.5 (50.11%)
Nonfarm Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$1,758.5 March 2021	$166.8 (10.48%)
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$823.7 March 2021	$19.8 (2.46%)
Personal income receipts on assets Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$2,909.7 March 2021	-$69.1 (-2.32%)
Personal interest income Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$1,656.7 March 2021	-$14.3 (-0.86%)
Personal dividend income Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$1,253 March 2021	-$54.8 (-4.19%)
Personal current transfer receipts Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$8,175.7 March 2021	$4,884.3 (148.4%)
Government social benefits to persons Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$8,128.6 March 2021	$4,882.9 (150.44%)
Social security Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$1,110.7 March 2021	$37.4 (3.48%)
Medicare Billions of Dollars Monthly data since July 1966	$886.2 March 2021	$78.9 (9.77%)
Medicaid Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1966	$687.8 March 2021	$52.1 (8.2%)
Unemployment insurance Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$541.3 March 2021	$466.9 (627.55%)
Veterans' benefits Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$151.7 March 2021	$11.9 (8.51%)
Other Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$4,750.8 March 2021	$4,235.6 (822.13%)
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$47 March 2021	$1.2 (2.62%)
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$1,504.5 March 2021	$73.4 (5.13%)
Less: Personal current taxes Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$2,305.3 March 2021	$91.9 (4.15%)
Equals: Disposable personal income Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$21,902.4 March 2021	$5,352.3 (32.34%)
Less: Personal outlays Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$15,866.1 March 2021	$1,446.8 (10.03%)
Personal consumption expenditures Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$15,401.6 March 2021	$1,523.1 (10.97%)
Personal interest payments Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$257.9 March 2021	-$78 (-23.22%)
Personal current transfer payments Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$206.7 March 2021	$1.7 (0.83%)
To government Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$114.5 March 2021	$2.2 (1.96%)
To the rest of the world (net) Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$92.2 March 2021	-$0.5 (-0.54%)
Equals: Personal saving Billions of Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$6,036.3 March 2021	$3,905.6 (183.3%)
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income Percent Monthly data since January 1959	27.6 March 2021	14.7 (113.95%)
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of chained (2005) dollars Billions of Chained 2012 Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$14,153.1 March 2021	$177.6 (1.27%)
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars Billions of Chained 2012 Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$19,335.6 March 2021	$4,386.3 (29.34%)
Per capita: Current dollars Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$66,158 March 2021	$15,951 (31.77%)
Per capita: Chained (2005) dollars Chained 2012 Dollars Monthly data since January 1959	$58,405 March 2021	$13,054 (28.78%)
Population (midperiod, thousands) Thousands Monthly data since January 1959	331,061 March 2021	1,423 (0.43%)

* Dates represent when new data are expected to be released by their original sources and do not necessarily correspond to when data will be available on the CBER Economic Indicators website. A delay of up to 24 hours can be expected while data are being prepared and published.