Personal income (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" was 26,660,972 USD million (annual rate) in February 2026, versus 26,679,131 in January. This represents a reduction of 0.07 percent.
Sample. There are 806 observations in the monthly time series shown in the figure above. The period covered by the series goes from January 1959 to February 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: this national-accounts item recorded a minimum of 391,771 USD million in January 1959; it reached its maximum of 26,679,131 in January 2026; it had an average value of 7,681,674.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar million |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 26565695.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 26679131.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 26660972.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Personal income |
| 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 |