Number of persons with taxable earnings, by type of earnings, 2000–2015
| Number of filers (millions) | Taxable earnings (billions of dollars) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Wage and salary | Self- employed |
Total | Wage and salary | Self- employed |
|
| 2000 | 153.5 | 144.7 | 14.8 | 3,987.1 | 3,778.9 | 208.2 |
| 2007 | 163.0 | 153.1 | 17.6 | 5,268.8 | 4,968.7 | 300.0 |
| 2012 | 161.7 | 150.5 | 18.6 | 5,712.3 | 5,388.9 | 323.4 |
| 2015 | 168.4 | 157.0 | 19.7 | 6,499.2 | 6,139.3 | 359.9 |
| Share of total | ||||||
| 2000 | 100.0% | 94.2% | 9.6% | 100.0% | 94.8% | 5.2% |
| 2007 | 100.0% | 93.9% | 10.8% | 100.0% | 94.3% | 5.7% |
| 2012 | 100.0% | 93.1% | 11.5% | 100.0% | 94.3% | 5.7% |
| 2015 | 100.0% | 93.2% | 11.7% | 100.0% | 94.5% | 5.5% |
| Percent change | ||||||
| 2000–15 | 9.7% | 8.6% | 33.0% | 63.0% | 62.5% | 72.9% |
| 2007–15 | 3.3% | 2.5% | 11.8% | 23.4% | 23.6% | 20.0% |
| 2012–15 | 4.2% | 4.3% | 5.6% | 13.8% | 13.9% | 11.3% |
Source: EPI analysis of Social Security Administration data