Table H.--Relative Importance to Personal Income of Personal Contributions for Social Insurance, by Component, United States, 2000

Millions of dollars Percent of personal income
Personal Income (1).. 8,314,032 100.00
Less: Personal contributions for social insurance.. 357,146 4.30
Contributions to old age, survivors, disability, and
hospital insurance.. 332,968 4.00
Civilian employee contributions.. 296,334 3.56
Military employee contributions.. 2,682 0.03
Self employed contributions.. 33,952 0.41
Railroad employee retirement contributions.. 1,395 0.02
State unemployment insurance and temporary disability
contributions.. 1,751 0.02
Supplementary medical insurance contributions.. 20,410 0.25
Veterans life insurance contributions.. 622 0.01

1. This total is as shown in Tables A and C-F, that is, personal income is shown as the sum of the personal income components in those tables less personal contributions for social insurance.

NOTE.––Personal contributions for social insurance are a deduction to arrive at personal income, the dollar amount and the percentages in this table are shown as absolute values to give an indication of the size of the personal contributions components being estimated.

Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

Last updated: Wednesday, June 11, 2003