Finance claims a growing share of the U.S. economy: U.S. financial-sector income as a share of private, domestic income, 1948–2014
| Share | |
|---|---|
| 1948 | 3.30% |
| 1949 | 3.61% |
| 1950 | 3.62% |
| 1951 | 3.51% |
| 1952 | 3.61% |
| 1953 | 3.67% |
| 1954 | 4.04% |
| 1955 | 4.04% |
| 1956 | 4.07% |
| 1957 | 4.21% |
| 1958 | 4.61% |
| 1959 | 4.60% |
| 1960 | 4.69% |
| 1961 | 4.96% |
| 1962 | 4.89% |
| 1963 | 4.95% |
| 1964 | 4.98% |
| 1965 | 4.95% |
| 1966 | 4.88% |
| 1967 | 5.09% |
| 1968 | 5.22% |
| 1969 | 5.20% |
| 1970 | 5.36% |
| 1971 | 5.50% |
| 1972 | 5.51% |
| 1973 | 5.35% |
| 1974 | 5.39% |
| 1975 | 5.78% |
| 1976 | 5.72% |
| 1977 | 5.69% |
| 1978 | 5.67% |
| 1979 | 5.70% |
| 1980 | 5.99% |
| 1981 | 6.10% |
| 1982 | 6.56% |
| 1983 | 6.93% |
| 1984 | 6.85% |
| 1985 | 7.10% |
| 1986 | 7.64% |
| 1987 | 7.98% |
| 1988 | 7.99% |
| 1989 | 7.80% |
| 1990 | 7.85% |
| 1991 | 8.02% |
| 1992 | 8.47% |
| 1993 | 8.57% |
| 1994 | 8.32% |
| 1995 | 8.32% |
| 1996 | 8.54% |
| 1997 | 8.73% |
| 1998 | 9.05% |
| 1999 | 9.01% |
| 2000 | 9.16% |
| 2001 | 9.03% |
| 2002 | 8.96% |
| 2003 | 9.02% |
| 2004 | 9.23% |
| 2005 | 9.41% |
| 2006 | 9.59% |
| 2007 | 9.71% |
| 2008 | 9.47% |
| 2009 | 8.96% |
| 2010 | 9.20% |
| 2011 | 9.28% |
| 2012 | 9.17% |
| 2013 | 9.04% |
| 2014 | 9.13% |
Note: Federal Reserve bank profits are excluded from this analysis.
Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) data on compensation and corporate profits by industry
