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 2,850,227 USD million (annual rate) in April 2026, compared to 2,843,016 in March 2026. This constitutes a rise of 0.25 percent.
Sample. There are 808 observations overall in the monthly time series displayed in the chart above. The time span covered by the series is from January 1959 to April 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics computed on the full sample: this national-accounts item peaked at 2,850,227 USD million in April 2026; it recorded a minimum of 25,695 in January 1959; it had a mean value of 893,080.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar million |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-28 | 2835210.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 2843016.0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 2850227.0 |
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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 | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal current taxes (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Disposable personal income (personal income less personal current taxes) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal outlays (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal saving (disposable personal income less personal outlays) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
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 | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal interest payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To government (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To the rest of the world (net) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 808 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |