Chart: The bulk of top 1 percent earnings comes from capital and business income: Shares of total income from capital and business income, by percentile group, 2015 | Economic Policy Institute

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The bulk of top 1 percent earnings comes from capital and business income: Shares of total income from capital and business income, by percentile group, 2015

	2015
Lowest quintile	9.9%
Second quintile	4.3%
Middle quintile	4.8%
Fourth quintile	5.7%
81st to 90th	8.3%
91st to 95th	12.3%
96th to 99th	24.2%
Top 1 percent	62.6%

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Source: EPI analysis of CBO 2018

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