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 2,844,641 USD million (annual rate) in February 2026, compared to 2,837,696 in the previous month. This marks an increase of 0.24 percent.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are a total of 806 records. The series covers the time period stretching from January 1959 to February 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some statistics we computed on the entire sample: this national-accounts item had a mean of 888,271 USD million; it hit a maximum of 2,844,641 in February 2026; it reached its lowest level of 25,695 in January 1959.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar million |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2825149.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 2837696.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 2844641.0 |
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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 | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Personal current taxes (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Disposable personal income (personal income less personal current taxes) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Personal outlays (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Personal saving (disposable personal income less personal outlays) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
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 | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Personal outlays: Personal interest payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To government (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To the rest of the world (net) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |