Personal Income in the United States increased 0.40 percent in August of 2025 over the previous month. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Personal Income - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

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This statistic shows the per capita personal income in the United States from 1990 to 2023. In 2023, the per capita personal income was 68,531 U.S. dollars. Personal income is the income that is received by persons from all sources.

Disposable Personal Income in the United States increased to 23033.50 USD Billion in August from 22947.50 USD Billion in July of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Disposable Personal Income - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

This statistic shows the total personal income in the United States from 1990 to 2023. The data are in current U.S. dollars not adjusted for inflation or deflation. According to the BEA, personal income is the income that is received by persons from all sources. It 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. Personal income increased to about 23 trillion U.S. dollars in 2023.Personal income Personal income in the United States has risen steadily over the last decades from 5.07 trillion U.S. dollars in 1991 to 23 trillion U.S. dollars in 2023. Personal income includes all earnings including wages, investments, and other sources. Personal income also varied widely across the U.S., where those living in the District of Columbia, on the higher scale, earned an average of 96,873 U.S. dollars per capita and on the lower end of the spectrum, people in Mississippi earned 45,438 U.S. dollars per capita. In the District of Columbia, disposable income averaged some 81,193 U.S. dollars. In total, California earned the most personal income followed by Texas, receiving three trillion U.S. dollars and 1.76 trillion U.S. dollars, respectively. Income tends to vary widely between demographics in the United States. Those with higher education levels tend to earn more money. However, only 25.7 percent of persons with a disability that had a Bachelor's degree or higher were employed in 2020. The Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability programs provide monetary benefits to the disabled and certain family members.

Residents of the District of Columbia had the highest personal income per capita in 2024, at about ******* U.S. dollars. Mississippi residents, on the other hand, had the lowest personal income per capita, at ****** U.S. dollars. What is personal income? Personal income is the income that a worker receives from all sources, including salary, wages, bonuses, income from self-employment, dividends from investments, and receipts from real estate investments. Because of this, total personal income is different from the average wage, as personal income takes more factors into account than just salary and compensation. Income in the United States Wages and salaries in the United States can vary greatly depending on the profession a person is in, and the rise (or fall) of wages is seen as a key economic indicator as to the financial health of the country’s residents. In recent years, the increasing gap between CEO compensation and the compensation of the average worker has brought the issue of stagnating wages to the forefront of the national conversation.

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United States - Personal income per capita was 75373.00000 $ in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Personal income per capita reached a record high of 75373.00000 in April of 2025 and a record low of 1319.00000 in April of 1947. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Personal income per capita - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

This statistic shows the total disposable personal income in the United States from 2000 to 2023. Americans had a total of ***** trillion chained 2017 dollars in disposable personal income in 2023. Per capita personal disposable personal income was ****** chained 2017 dollars in that same year.

This statistic shows per capita disposable personal income in the United States from 2000 to 2023. Per capita, Americans had ****** U.S. chained 2017 dollars of disposable personal income in 2023. The total disposable personal income for the nation was ***** trillion chained 2017 dollars in 2023.

In 2023, the national per capita disposable personal income was ****** U.S. dollars. In the same year, the total per capita disposable personal income in the state of Connecticut was ****** U.S. dollars.

This statistic shows the personal income in the United States from 1996 to 2016 and gives a forecast through 2026. In 2026, the total personal income in the United States is projected to be ******** billion U.S. dollars.

Median Personal Income in the United States was 45140.00000 Current $ in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Median Personal Income in the United States reached a record high of 45140.00000 in January of 2024 and a record low of 5335.00000 in January of 1974. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Median Personal Income in the United States - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on October of 2025.

The national total personal income in the United States was about **** trillion U.S. dollars in 2024. During that year, total personal income in the federal state of California amounted to over *** trillion U.S. dollars.

United States - Personal Income was 25780.08000 Bil. of $ in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Personal Income reached a record high of 25780.08000 in April of 2025 and a record low of 189.71300 in January of 1947. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Personal Income - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on October of 2025.

This statistic shows the median household income in the United States from 1990 to 2023 in 2023 U.S. dollars. The median household income was 80,610 U.S. dollars in 2023, an increase from the previous year. Household incomeThe median household income depicts the income of households, including the income of the householder and all other individuals aged 15 years or over living in the household. Income includes wages and salaries, unemployment insurance, disability payments, child support payments received, regular rental receipts, as well as any personal business, investment, or other kinds of income received routinely. The median household income in the United States varies from state to state. In 2020, the median household income was 86,725 U.S. dollars in Massachusetts, while the median household income in Mississippi was approximately 44,966 U.S. dollars at that time. Household income is also used to determine the poverty line in the United States. In 2021, about 11.6 percent of the U.S. population was living in poverty. The child poverty rate, which represents people under the age of 18 living in poverty, has been growing steadily over the first decade since the turn of the century, from 16.2 percent of the children living below the poverty line in year 2000 to 22 percent in 2010. In 2021, it had lowered to 15.3 percent. The state with the widest gap between the rich and the poor was New York, with a Gini coefficient score of 0.51 in 2019. The Gini coefficient is calculated by looking at average income rates. A score of zero would reflect perfect income equality and a score of one indicates a society where one person would have all the money and all other people have nothing.

United States - Real Personal Income was 20432.87000 Bil. of Chn. 2009 $ in July of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Real Personal Income reached a record high of 22850.33200 in March of 2021 and a record low of 2583.56000 in January of 1959. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Real Personal Income - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on October of 2025.

In September 2024, the disposable personal income in the United States increased by 0.3 percent from the previous month. The data are in current U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates. Disposable personal income in the United States According to the BEA, personal income is the income that is received by persons from all sources. It 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, minus contributions for government social insurance. In simple terms, disposable personal income is the total remaining income after taxes paid; it is the income available to persons for spending or saving. It is useful to economists because it measures the amount of money available for spending in a specific area. Disposable personal income is a significant indicator of an economy’s health. Personal income determines an individual’s ability to consume goods and services, i.e. personal consumption expenditure, and industries producing consumer goods and services contribute heavily to United States gross domestic product. The retail trade industry, for example, contributed 1.38 trillion chained U.S. dollars to the GDP of the United States in 2021. Total real GDP amounted to about 22.99 trillion U.S. dollars that year. The arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services industry contributed 839.6 billion U.S. dollars to the GDP in 2021. Personal income in the United States was 21.06 trillion U.S. dollars in 2021, the highest value in over ten years.