Distribution of Personal Income

These statistics take one of BEA's primary economic indicators—U.S. personal income—and measure how it is distributed across households. This provides a way to assess how households share in the nation's economic growth. The statistics build on more than a decade of BEA research by bringing in new sources of data, including demographic surveys, aggregated tax records, and administrative records.
The first prototype statistics were published in March 2020. Since then, BEA has continued publishing new data and making improvements:

• Distribution of disposable personal income added in 2020.
• Supplemental internationally comparable data added in 2022.
• State distribution of personal income added in October 2023.
• Interactive data tables for the national statistics added in December 2023.
• Distribution of personal saving added in July 2024.