Personal income: Compensation of employees (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Personal income and its disposition
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to national-accounts data for the United States published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the item "Personal income: Compensation of employees" stood at 15,919,073 USD million (annual rate) in November 2025, versus 15,862,224 in the previous month. This marks a rise of 0.36 percent.
Sample. In the monthly time series shown in the plot, there are a total of 803 records. The time span covered by the series stretches from January 1959 to November 2025.
History. Check out a few descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: this national-accounts item reached its maximum of 15,919,073 USD million in November 2025; it hit a minimum of 277,993 in January 1959; it averaged 4,860,861.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar million |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 15809746.0 |
| 2025-10-31 | 15862224.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 15919073.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Personal income: Compensation of employees |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Nominal aggregate |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Rescaling | Annual rate |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | US dollar million |
| Source | Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Open data |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | SM1 |
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Top-level items
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal income (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal current taxes (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Disposable personal income (personal income less personal current taxes) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal outlays (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal saving (disposable personal income less personal outlays) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
Personal income detail
Personal outlays detail
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal outlays: Personal consumption expenditures (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal interest payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To government (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To the rest of the world (net) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 803 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-11-30 |