SWA2014-Income | Table 2.4 | Sources of pretax comprehensive income, by income group, 2007 (2011 dollars)

Income fifth Breakdown of top 10%
Bottom Second Middle Fourth Top 90th–<95th percentile 95th–<99th percentile Top 1 percent Average all households
Households (millions) 24.6 22.2 22.9 23.0 23.7 6.0 4.7 1.2 116.88 (Total)
Share of total pretax income
Wages 50.5% 59.3% 60.5% 63.2% 48.4% 61.8% 55.6% 26.7% 54.3%
Proprietors’ income 6.0 2.6 1.9 1.6 2.6 2.8 4.8 1.6 2.4
Other business income 0.1 0.6 0.9 1.1 8.2 3.3 7.3 15.5 4.6
Interest and dividends 1.0 1.2 1.9 2.6 7.6 5.0 7.1 12.1 5.2
Capital gains 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.1 13.8 3.8 6.3 31.3 8.1
Pensions 1.9 4.1 7.1 8.2 5.2 7.6 5.9 1.1 5.8
Cash transfers 20.3 12.2 9.6 6.6 2.3 3.3 2.3 0.4 5.7
In-kind income 15.4 13.1 11.1 8.7 3.6 5.2 3.5 0.6 6.9
Imputed taxes 4.4 5.1 5.3 5.7 7.3 6.5 6.0 9.5 6.5
Other income 0.2 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.3 0.6
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Average
Wages $10,082 $27,346 $42,341 $64,528 $139,009 $121,552 $174,477 $542,615 $56,561
Proprietors’ income 1,198 1,199 1,330 1,634 7,467 5,511 15,008 32,516 2,500
Other business income 20 277 630 1,123 23,551 6,580 22,803 315,001 4,792
Interest and dividends 200 553 1,330 2,655 21,828 9,890 22,130 245,904 5,416
Capital gains 60 184 420 1,123 39,635 7,451 19,908 636,099 8,437
Pensions 379 1,891 4,969 8,372 14,935 15,047 18,435 22,355 6,041
Cash transfers 4,053 5,626 6,719 6,739 6,606 6,410 7,082 8,129 5,937
In-kind income $3,075 $6,041 $7,768 $8,883 $10,339 $10,138 $11,039 $12,194 $7,187
Imputed taxes 878 2,352 3,709 5,820 20,966 12,745 18,971 193,065 6,771
Other income 40 646 840 1,225 3,446 2,362 3,245 26,419 625
Total 19,965 46,114 69,985 102,102 287,208 196,838 313,616 2,032,265 104,163
Shares of total income categories claimed by each group
Wages 3.8% 9.2% 14.7% 22.5% 49.9% 11.0% 12.4% 9.9% 100.0%
Proprietors’ income 9.8 8.8 10.1 12.5 58.8 11.0 23.4 13.0 100.0
Other business income 0.1 1.0 2.4 4.3 92.3 6.5 17.7 62.5 100.0
Interest and dividends 0.8 2.0 4.9 9.8 82.6 9.5 16.6 47.1 100.0
Capital gains 0.2 0.4 1.0 2.6 95.8 4.6 9.5 77.9 100.0
Pensions 1.3 5.9 16.0 27.1 49.7 12.7 12.2 3.8 100.0
Cash transfers 14.4 18.1 22.3 22.5 22.7 5.6 4.8 1.4 100.0
In-kind income 9.0 16.0 21.3 24.4 29.3 7.3 6.2 1.7 100.0
Imputed taxes 2.7 6.6 10.8 17.0 62.9 9.7 11.3 29.3 100.0
Other income 0.7 9.9 13.3 19.5 56.6 9.8 10.6 22.0 100.0
Average 4.0 8.3 13.1 19.1 55.5 9.6 12.0 19.9 100.0

Source: Authors' analysis of Congressional Budget Office (2010)

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