Still room for profits to fall and make room for wage growth: Labor share of income in the corporate sector, 2000–2023

date Labor share
Jan-2000 81.8%
Apr-2000 82.0%
Jul-2000 82.5%
Oct-2000 83.2%
Jan-2001 83.2%
Apr-2001 82.9%
Jul-2001 83.1%
Oct-2001 84.1%
Jan-2002 82.3%
Apr-2002 82.0%
Jul-2002 81.8%
Oct-2002 80.8%
Jan-2003 80.3%
Apr-2003 80.2%
Jul-2003 79.8%
Oct-2003 79.9%
Jan-2004 78.7%
Apr-2004 78.6%
Jul-2004 78.5%
Oct-2004 78.4%
Jan-2005 77.1%
Apr-2005 76.8%
Jul-2005 76.9%
Oct-2005 75.7%
Jan-2006 75.3%
Apr-2006 75.2%
Jul-2006 74.6%
Oct-2006 75.9%
Jan-2007 77.2%
Apr-2007 76.7%
Jul-2007 78.0%
Oct-2007 79.0%
Jan-2008 79.5%
Apr-2008 79.5%
Jul-2008 79.8%
Oct-2008 83.6%
Jan-2009 79.8%
Apr-2009 79.4%
Jul-2009 78.4%
Oct-2009 77.4%
Jan-2010 76.3%
Apr-2010 76.8%
Jul-2010 74.8%
Oct-2010 74.9%
Jan-2011 77.1%
Apr-2011 75.9%
Jul-2011 76.0%
Oct-2011 74.2%
Jan-2012 73.9%
Apr-2012 74.1%
Jul-2012 74.4%
Oct-2012 75.1%
Jan-2013 74.7%
Apr-2013 75.0%
Jul-2013 75.1%
Oct-2013 74.8%
Jan-2014 76.0%
Apr-2014 74.1%
Jul-2014 73.3%
Oct-2014 73.7%
Jan-2015 74.2%
Apr-2015 74.3%
Jul-2015 74.9%
Oct-2015 75.3%
Jan-2016 74.9%
Apr-2016 75.4%
Jul-2016 75.4%
Oct-2016 75.6%
Jan-2017 75.9%
Apr-2017 75.9%
Jul-2017 76.3%
Oct-2017 76.1%
Jan-2018 75.8%
Apr-2018 75.3%
Jul-2018 75.2%
Oct-2018 75.4%
Jan-2019 76.0%
Apr-2019 76.1%
Jul-2019 75.4%
Oct-2019 75.5%
Jan-2020 77.8%
Apr-2020 77.5%
Jul-2020 73.2%
Oct-2020 75.6%
Jan-2021 74.1%
Apr-2021 72.7%
Jul-2021 73.6%
Oct-2021 74.1%
Jan-2022 74.2%
Apr-2022 73.0%
Jul-2022 73.0%
Oct-2022 72.9%
Jan-2023 73.6%
Apr-2023 73.9%
Jul-2023 73.7%
Economic Policy Institute

Note: Data from the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA) Tables 1.14 and 6.16. Profits of Federal Reserve Banks are stripped out. Precise measure is labor compensation divided by the sum of labor compensation and net operating surplus. 

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