United States Personal Income

Last Release

Feb 28, 2025

Actual

0.8

Units In

0.7

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Apr 30, 2025

Time to Release

30 Days 3 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
21 Mar 2021	-13.3 Apr 2021	0.53 %	1959-2025	U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Personal Income refers to the income that persons receive in return for their provision of labor, land, and capital used in current production, plus current transfer receipts less contributions for government social insurance.

Latest Updates

US personal income rose rose by 0.8% over a month to $25.442 trillion in February of 2025, the most in over a year, picking up from the revised 0.7% increase in January, well above market expectations of a 0.4% increase. The compensation of employees rose by 0.5% from the previous month amid robust increases in wages (0.4%) and supplement to wages (0.5%). Income also rose sharply through rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment (0.9%). Additionally, personal income receipts on assets rose by 0.4%, driven by personal interest (0.5%) and personal dividend (0.2%). Meanwhile, disposable personal income increased by $191.6 billion, or 0.9%, to $22,301 trillion.