Personal income: Compensation of employees: Supplements to wages and salaries (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: Supplements to wages and salaries" was 2,818,866 USD million (annual rate) in December 2025, compared to 2,812,187 in November 2025. This marks a rise of 0.24 percent.
Sample. There are 804 records in the monthly time series displayed in the graph above. The period covered by the series extends from January 1959 to December 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few statistics computed on the entire sample: this national-accounts item had a mean of 883,368 USD million; it recorded its highest level of 2,818,866 in December 2025; it recorded a bottom of 25,695 in January 1959.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar million |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 2801944.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 2812187.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 2818866.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Personal income: Compensation of employees: Supplements to wages and salaries |
| 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 | 804 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Personal current taxes (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 804 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Disposable personal income (personal income less personal current taxes) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 804 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Personal outlays (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 804 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Personal saving (disposable personal income less personal outlays) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 804 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |
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 | 804 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Personal outlays: Personal interest payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 804 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 804 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To government (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 804 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To the rest of the world (net) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 804 | 1959-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |