September 26, 2025

Split Personal Income and Outlays, October 2025 and Gross Domestic Product by State and Personal Income by State, 2nd quarter 2025 and Personal Consumption Expenditures by State, 2024

Personal Income and Outlays, August 2025

Personal income increased $95.7 billion (0.4 percent at a monthly rate) in August, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $86.1 billion (0.4 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $129.2 billion (0.6 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $132.9 billion in August. Personal saving was $1.06 trillion in August and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 4.6 percent.

Gross Domestic Product by State and Personal Income by State, 2nd Quarter 2025 and Personal Consumption Expenditures by State, 2024

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 48 states in the second quarter of 2025. State-level changes ranged from a 7.3 percent increase in North Dakota to a 1.1 percent decline in Arkansas.

Personal income increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the second quarter of 2025. State-level changes ranged from a 10.4 percent increase in Kansas to a 0.9 percent increase in Arkansas.

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2024. State-level changes in PCE ranged from a 7.0 percent increase in Florida to a 4.3 percent increase in Mississippi.

Principal Federal Economic Indicators

Gross Domestic Product
Q2 2025 (3rd)
+3.8%
Personal Income
August 2025
+0.4%
International Trade in Goods and Services
July 2025
-$78.3 B
International Transactions
Q2 2025
-$251.3 B

Noteworthy

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Personal Income and Outlays, September 2018

| News Release

Personal income increased 0.2 percent in September after increasing 0.4 percent in August. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, increased 0.2 percent in September after increasing 0.5 percent in August.

GDP Increases in Third Quarter

| The BEA Wire

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 3.5 percent in the third quarter of 2018, according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the second quarter of 2018, real GDP increased 4.2 percent. 

GDP highlights

Gross Domestic Product, 3rd quarter 2018 (advance estimate)

| News Release

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 3.5 percent in the third quarter of 2018, according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the second quarter of 2018, real GDP increased 4.2 percent.

CNMI GDP Increases in 2017

| News Release

The estimates of GDP for the CNMI show that real GDP—GDP adjusted to remove price changes—increased 25.1 percent in 2017 after increasing 28.2 percent in 2016. For comparison, real GDP for the United States (excluding the territories) increased 2.2 percent in 2017 after increasing 1.6 percent in 2016.

Northern Mariana Islands’ GDP Increases in 2017

| The BEA Wire

The estimates of GDP for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands show that real GDP—GDP adjusted to remove price changes—increased 25.1 percent in 2017, after increasing 28.2 percent in 2016. For comparison, real GDP for the United States (excluding the territories) increased 2.2 percent in 2017 after increasing 1.6 percent in 2016.

August 2018 Trade Gap is $53.2 Billion

| The BEA Wire

The U.S. monthly international trade deficit increased in August 2018 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit increased from $50.0 billion in July (revised) to $53.2 billion in August, as exports decreased and imports increased. The previously published July deficit was $50.1 billion. The goods deficit increased $3.6 billion in August to $76.7 billion. The services surplus increased $0.4…

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, August 2018

| News Release

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced today that the goods and services deficit was $53.2 billion in August, up $3.2 billion from $50.0 billion in July, revised. August exports were $209.4 billion, $1.7 billion less than July exports. August imports were $262.7 billion, $1.5 billion more than July imports.

Personal Consumption Expenditures by State, 2017

| The BEA Wire

State personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased on average 4.3 percent in 2017, an acceleration from the 3.8 percent increase in 2016. The percent change in PCE across all states ranged from 6.9 percent in Idaho to 2.0 percent in North Dakota.

Personal Consumption Expenditures by State, 2017

| News Release

State personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased on average 4.3 percent in 2017, an acceleration from the 3.8 percent increase in 2016. The percent change in PCE across all states ranged from 6.9 percent in Idaho to 2.0 percent in North Dakota.

Personal Income Rises in August

| The BEA Wire

Personal income increased 0.3 percent in August, the same increase as in July. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal income, increased 0.5 percent in August after increasing 0.3 percent in July.