Table 1

Change in source of comprehensive income for households in the 20–80th percentile, selected years, 1979–2007 (2012 dollars)

Total income Wages and salaries Capital and business income Pensions* Cash transfers Employer-sponsored insurance Non-cash transfers**
1979 $60,714 $44,823 $5,772 $2,320 $4,423 $2,110 $1,263
1989 $62,294 $41,730 $6,359 $4,172 $5,317 $2,343 $2,374
1995 $65,054 $41,704 $5,147 $5,214 $6,069 $3,017 $3,903
2000 $70,731 $45,849 $5,590 $6,647 $5,980 $2,702 $3,963
2007 $75,412 $46,314 $5,246 $7,238 $6,913 $3,570 $6,132
Total change
1979–2007 $14,698 $1,491 -$526 $4,918 $2,490 $1,459 $4,868
1995–2000 $5,677 $4,145 $443 $1,433 -$89 -$315 $60
Average annual change
1979–2007 0.8% 0.1% -0.3% 4.1% 1.6% 1.9% 5.8%
Share of total change
1979–2007 100.0% 10.1% -3.6% 33.5% 16.9% 9.9% 33.1%

* Includes "other income" as defined by the Congressional Budget Office

** This is overwhelmingly Medicare and Medicaid, though it also includes other non-cash transfers such as SNAP (food stamps) and housing assistance.

Note: Data inflated using the CPI-U-RS

Source: Authors' analysis of Congressional Budget Office (2012)

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