Personal income: Compensation of employees: 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: Wages and salaries" stood at 13,311,066 USD million (annual rate) in April 2026, versus 13,278,664 in March 2026. This marks an increase of 0.24 percent.
Sample. There are 808 data points in the monthly series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time span stretching from January 1959 to April 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics computed on the full sample: this national-accounts item was equal on average to 4,037,589 USD million; it recorded a minimum of 252,298 in January 1959; it reached its maximum of 13,311,066 in April 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar million |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-28 | 13231512.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 13278664.0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 13311066.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Personal income: Compensation of employees: 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 |