Table 2.10
Share of market-based personal income, by income type, selected years, 1959–2010
| Share of income | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income type | 1959 | 1973 | 1979 | 1989 | 2000 | 2007 | 2010 |
| Total capital income | 13.3% | 13.8% | 15.0% | 20.8% | 19.3% | 19.7% | 18.7% |
| Rent | 4.2 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 3.2 |
| Dividends | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 7.1 | 6.5 |
| Interest | 5.8 | 8.8 | 11.0 | 16.3 | 12.0 | 11.3 | 9.1 |
| Total labor income | 73.6% | 75.6% | 75.8% | 71.2% | 70.7% | 70.5% | 71.9% |
| Wages and salaries | 68.0 | 66.0 | 63.4 | 58.7 | 59.0 | 57.6 | 57.8 |
| Fringe benefits | 5.5 | 9.5 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 12.9 | 14.1 |
| Proprietors’ income* | 13.2% | 10.6% | 9.2% | 8.0% | 10.0% | 9.8% | 9.4% |
| Total market-based personal income** | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Realized capital gains*** | 1.64% | 1.55% | 1.4% | 3.3% | 7.7% | 8.1% | 2.4% |
* Business and farmowners' income
** Total of listed income types
*** The fall in realized capital gains in 2010 is due to the economic impact of the 2007 recession.
Source: Authors' analysis of Bureau of Economic Analysis National Income and Product Accounts (Table 2.1), and Internal Revenue Service SOI Tax Stats (Table 1 and Historical Table 1)
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