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

 

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