Table 2.10

Share of market-based personal income, by income type, selected years, 1959–2010

Share of income
Income type 1959 1973 1979 1989 2000 2007 2010
Total capital income 13.3% 13.8% 15.0% 20.8% 19.3% 19.7% 18.7%
Rent 4.2 2.2 1.1 1.0 2.6 1.3 3.2
Dividends 3.3 2.8 2.9 3.6 4.6 7.1 6.5
Interest 5.8 8.8 11.0 16.3 12.0 11.3 9.1
Total labor income 73.6% 75.6% 75.8% 71.2% 70.7% 70.5% 71.9%
Wages and salaries 68.0 66.0 63.4 58.7 59.0 57.6 57.8
Fringe benefits 5.5 9.5 12.4 12.5 11.7 12.9 14.1
Proprietors’ income* 13.2% 10.6% 9.2% 8.0% 10.0% 9.8% 9.4%
Total market-based personal income** 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Realized capital gains*** 1.64% 1.55% 1.4% 3.3% 7.7% 8.1% 2.4%

* Business and farmowners' income

** Total of listed income types

*** The fall in realized capital gains in 2010 is due to the economic impact of the 2007 recession.

Source: Authors' analysis of Bureau of Economic Analysis National Income and Product Accounts (Table 2.1), and Internal Revenue Service SOI Tax Stats (Table 1 and Historical Table 1)

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