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Annual total value of personal incomes in the United States from 1990 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)

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September 2025

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2024

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current prices.

Supplementary notes

Personal income includes all income a person receives through work, property, and capital allocation, as well as transfer receipts. In the United States, it includes all the residents.

Personal income is calculated as the sum of wage and salary disbursements, supplements to wages and salaries, proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments, rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment, personal dividend income, personal interest income, and personal current transfer receipts, less contributions for government social insurance.

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In 2024, the aggregated value of personal incomes in the United States increased to about **** trillion U.S. dollars. This reflected an annual nominal growth rate of about *** percent.

What is personal income?

Personal income is the total income an individual receives from work and all other sources, such as transfers and investments. It differs from disposable income in that it does not account for tax payments.

Income in the United States

Rising wages are watched closely as a barometer of household financial health. Yet pay in America varies widely, shaped by occupation, geography, inflation, and a host of other forces. Yet the wide gap between chief executives’ pay and that of the average worker has thrust concerns over stagnant earnings firmly into the national spotlight.