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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2010
James Rankin:
Kyle Brown:

(202) 606-5301
(202) 606-5302

(Personal Income)
(Personal Outlays)

BEA 10-33

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: MAY 2010
Personal income increased $53.7 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $49.0 billion, or 0.4 percent, in May, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $24.4 billion, or 0.2 percent. In April, personal
income increased $59.4 billion, or 0.5 percent, DPI increased $63.7 billion, or 0.6 percent, and
PCE increased $1.4 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income increased 0.5 percent in May, compared with an increase of 0.6
percent in April. Real PCE increased 0.3 percent, in contrast to a decrease of less than 0.1 percent.
2010
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
(Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

May

0.4

0.0

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.3
0.1

0.0
0.0

0.5
0.3

0.6
0.6

0.4
0.5

0.2
0.1

0.5
0.5

0.6
0.4

0.0
0.0

0.2
0.3

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NOTE. - - Monthly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified.
Month-to-month dollar changes are differences between these published estimates. Month-to-month
percent changes are calculated from unrounded data and are not annualized. “Real” estimates are in
chained (2005) dollars.
This news release is available on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/rels.htm.
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Wages and salaries
Private wage and salary disbursements increased $22.8 billion in May, compared with an
increase of $28.5 billion in April. Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $10.3 billion,
compared with an increase of $6.1 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $7.8 billion, compared
with an increase of $4.6 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls increased $12.6 billion,
compared with an increase of $22.2 billion.
Government wage and salary disbursements increased $6.6 billion in May, compared with an
increase of $2.5 billion in April. Census decennial temporary and intermittent workers boosted
government wages and salaries by $5.7 billion in May.

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Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $4.6 billion in May, compared with an increase of
$3.8 billion in April.
Proprietors' income increased $6.5 billion in May, compared with an increase of $12.2 billion in
April. Farm proprietors' income increased $2.3 billion, the same increase as in April. Nonfarm
proprietors' income increased $4.2 billion in May, compared with an increase of $9.9 billion in April.
Rental income of persons increased $3.6 billion in May, compared with an increase of $2.1
billion in April. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend
income) increased $10.9 billion, the same increase as in April. Personal current transfer receipts
increased $2.7 billion in May, compared with an increase of $3.3 billion in April.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $4.1 billion in May, compared with an increase of $3.9 billion in April.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $4.8 billion in May, in contrast to a decrease of $4.5 billion in
April. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- increased
$49.0 billion, or 0.4 percent, in May, compared with an increase of $63.7 billion, or 0.6 percent, in
April.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $21.8 billion in May, in contrast to a decrease of $1.2 billion in April. PCE increased $24.4
billion, compared with an increase of $1.4 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $454.3 billion in May, compared with
$427.2 billion in April. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 4.0
percent in May, compared with 3.8 percent in April. For a comparison of personal saving in BEA’s
national income and product accounts with personal saving in the Federal Reserve Board’s flow of
funds accounts and data on changes in net worth, go to
http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/Nipa-Frb.asp.

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Real DPI, real PCE and price index
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.5 percent in May, compared
with an increase of 0.6 percent in April.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.3 percent in May, in contrast
to a decrease of less than 0.1 percent in April. Purchases of durable goods increased 1.1 percent, in
contrast to a decrease of 0.5 percent. Purchases of motor vehicles and parts accounted for about half
of the increase in durable goods in May and more than accounted for the decrease in April. Purchases
of nondurable goods decreased 0.2 percent in May, in contrast to an increase of 0.1 percent in April.
Purchases of services increased 0.3 percent, compared with an increase of 0.1 percent.
PCE price index -- The price index for PCE decreased less than 0.1 percent in May, in contrast
to an increase of less than 0.1 percent in April. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy,
increased 0.2 percent, compared with an increase of 0.1 percent.
Revisions
Estimates have been revised for January through April. Changes in personal income, currentdollar and chained (2005) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (2005) dollar PCE for March
and April -- revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below.

Change from preceding month
March
Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

April

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Personal Income:
Current dollars

46.7

54.3

0.4

0.4

54.4

59.4

0.4

0.5

Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

44.1
29.2

51.2
34.3

0.4
0.3

0.5
0.3

57.6
50.5

63.7
55.8

0.5
0.5

0.6
0.6

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
59.8
Chained (2005) dollars
44.2

57.3
40.7

0.6
0.5

0.6
0.4

4.0
2.2

1.4
-0.5

0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0

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Annual Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts
As part of the annual revision of the national income and product accounts (NIPAs), revised
estimates of personal income and outlays covering January 2007 through May 2010 will be released
along with estimates for June 2010 on August 3. Information about changes in the new release tables,
the NIPA interactive tables, and the underlying detail tables is available on BEA’s Web site at
www.bea.gov/national/an1.htm. An article describing the annual revision will appear in the August
2010 issue of the Survey of Current Business.

BEA’s national, international, regional, and industry estimates; the Survey of Current
Business; and BEA news releases are available without charge on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov.
By visiting the site, you can also subscribe to receive free e-mail summaries of BEA releases and
announcements.

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*

*

Next release -- August 3, 2010 at 8:30 A.M. EDT for
Personal Income and Outlays for June.

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Table 1. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2009
October
Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements .......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries ...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds..
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic.....
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) .................................................................
Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income....
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 2 ......................................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 2 ..............................................
Per capita:
Current dollars...................................................................................
Chained (2005) dollars ......................................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 3........................................................

November

2010
December

January

r

February

r

March r

April r

May p

12,023.8
7,733.2
6,230.1
5,043.2
1,028.3
645.1
4,015.0
974.2
3,040.7
1,186.9
1,503.1
1,048.6
454.5

12,065.6
7,742.3
6,237.6
5,049.5
1,033.7
652.5
4,015.9
972.6
3,043.3
1,188.1
1,504.7
1,049.7
455.0

12,118.7
7,746.3
6,240.4
5,049.6
1,031.0
652.1
4,018.6
972.4
3,046.2
1,190.8
1,505.9
1,051.0
454.9

12,165.0
7,794.3
6,273.9
5,076.1
1,037.8
657.1
4,038.2
977.4
3,060.8
1,197.9
1,520.4
1,053.2
467.2

12,170.1
7,806.0
6,282.5
5,083.9
1,036.3
657.5
4,047.6
979.8
3,067.8
1,198.6
1,523.5
1,055.6
467.8

12,224.4
7,830.9
6,303.3
5,102.2
1,041.1
659.9
4,061.2
984.4
3,076.7
1,201.1
1,527.6
1,057.8
469.8

12,283.8
7,865.7
6,334.3
5,130.7
1,047.2
664.5
4,083.4
990.3
3,093.1
1,203.6
1,531.4
1,059.7
471.7

12,337.5
7,899.8
6,363.7
5,153.5
1,057.5
672.3
4,096.0
994.9
3,101.1
1,210.2
1,536.0
1,062.3
473.7

1,050.5
29.3
1,021.2
285.0
1,776.2
1,231.2
545.0
2,138.7
2,105.8
1,175.7
129.9
800.2
32.9
959.8
1,063.6
10,960.3
10,557.0
10,188.6
3,304.9
1,034.5
2,270.3
6,883.7
209.4
159.1
93.8
65.3
403.3
3.7

1,062.2
35.2
1,027.0
286.7
1,788.5
1,234.4
554.1
2,146.8
2,113.8
1,181.5
127.1
805.2
32.9
960.9
1,065.9
10,999.7
10,604.8
10,241.8
3,355.8
1,058.6
2,297.3
6,886.0
203.1
159.8
94.6
65.3
394.9
3.6

1,068.1
41.1
1,027.0
288.3
1,800.8
1,237.6
563.2
2,176.2
2,143.3
1,187.0
143.8
812.6
33.0
961.1
1,068.8
11,049.9
10,636.2
10,278.8
3,350.6
1,062.9
2,287.6
6,928.2
196.9
160.5
95.3
65.3
413.7
3.7

1,066.7
36.0
1,030.7
293.1
1,788.3
1,239.7
548.6
2,201.7
2,168.5
1,184.8
137.2
846.5
33.3
979.1
1,082.0
11,083.0
10,664.7
10,302.4
3,372.1
1,051.7
2,320.4
6,930.4
199.8
162.4
95.9
66.6
418.2
3.8

1,064.6
31.0
1,033.7
297.7
1,775.7
1,241.8
533.9
2,206.4
2,173.1
1,187.8
132.1
853.2
33.3
980.4
1,081.9
11,088.1
10,716.3
10,350.4
3,400.0
1,062.9
2,337.2
6,950.4
202.8
163.1
96.6
66.6
371.8
3.4

1,069.0
25.9
1,043.1
302.7
1,763.2
1,243.9
519.3
2,242.4
2,209.1
1,192.8
150.7
865.5
33.3
983.7
1,085.2
11,139.3
10,777.1
10,407.7
3,444.1
1,102.1
2,342.0
6,963.6
205.7
163.7
97.2
66.6
362.1
3.3

1,081.2
28.2
1,053.0
304.8
1,774.1
1,239.7
534.4
2,245.7
2,212.3
1,204.2
130.1
878.0
33.4
987.6
1,080.7
11,203.0
10,775.9
10,409.1
3,428.0
1,094.7
2,333.3
6,981.1
202.3
164.4
97.9
66.6
427.2
3.8

1,087.7
30.5
1,057.2
308.4
1,785.0
1,235.6
549.4
2,248.4
2,214.9
1,205.4
129.3
880.2
33.4
991.7
1,085.5
11,252.0
10,797.7
10,433.5
3,416.3
1,103.6
2,312.7
7,017.2
199.0
165.1
98.6
66.6
454.3
4.0

8,986.7

9,000.4

9,007.8

9,010.5

9,009.7

9,015.6

9,064.5

9,113.9

9,964.1

9,981.1

10,011.1

10,023.2

10,026.5

10,060.8

10,116.6

10,164.3

35,550
32,319
308,304

35,652
32,351
308,526

35,791
32,426
308,733

35,875
32,445
308,930

35,870
32,436
309,119

36,013
32,526
309,312

36,196
32,686
309,509

36,331
32,819
309,706

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
3. Population is the total population of the United States, including the Armed Forces overseas and the institutionalized population. The monthly estimate is the average of estimates for the first of the month and the
first of the following month; the annual and quarterly estimates are averages of the monthly estimates.

Table 2. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2008

2009

2008
IV

Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements .......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries ...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic.....
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) .................................................................
Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income....
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 2 ......................................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 2 ..............................................
Per capita:
Current dollars...................................................................................
Chained (2005) dollars ......................................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 3........................................................

2009
I

II

2010
III

IV

Ir

12,238.8
8,042.4
6,545.9
5,404.6
1,206.5
742.0
4,198.1
1,048.3
3,149.8
1,141.3
1,496.6
1,023.9
472.7

12,019.0
7,778.5
6,276.5
5,094.1
1,062.0
659.4
4,032.1
985.4
3,046.7
1,182.4
1,501.9
1,043.9
458.0

12,233.5
8,050.3
6,543.5
5,388.6
1,192.2
732.2
4,196.5
1,039.4
3,157.1
1,154.9
1,506.8
1,033.2
473.6

11,952.7
7,805.8
6,307.8
5,136.0
1,107.3
681.0
4,028.8
1,002.3
3,026.5
1,171.8
1,498.0
1,037.8
460.2

12,048.8
7,815.9
6,313.1
5,128.8
1,067.8
662.0
4,061.0
989.3
3,071.7
1,184.4
1,502.8
1,042.0
460.8

12,005.2
7,751.4
6,249.2
5,064.3
1,042.1
644.9
4,022.2
977.0
3,045.2
1,184.8
1,502.3
1,046.1
456.2

12,069.4
7,740.6
6,236.0
5,047.4
1,031.0
649.9
4,016.5
973.1
3,043.4
1,188.6
1,504.6
1,049.8
454.8

12,186.5
7,810.4
6,286.6
5,087.4
1,038.4
658.1
4,049.0
980.6
3,068.5
1,199.2
1,523.8
1,055.5
468.3

1,106.3
48.7
1,057.5
210.4
1,994.4
1,308.0
686.4
1,875.9
1,843.2
1,070.3
50.6
722.4
32.6
990.6
1,432.4
10,806.4
10,520.0
10,129.9
3,403.2
1,095.2
2,308.0
6,726.8
237.7
152.3
87.9
64.5
286.4
2.7

1,041.0
29.3
1,011.7
268.1
1,792.6
1,238.5
554.2
2,104.8
2,072.0
1,156.7
122.0
793.3
32.7
965.9
1,101.7
10,917.3
10,458.7
10,089.1
3,255.2
1,035.0
2,220.2
6,833.9
213.9
155.7
92.2
63.5
458.6
4.2

1,083.6
39.0
1,044.5
236.7
1,958.1
1,292.9
665.2
1,898.0
1,865.3
1,087.0
70.3
708.0
32.7
993.3
1,434.3
10,799.1
10,389.9
10,009.8
3,227.5
1,019.9
2,207.6
6,782.3
228.8
151.3
89.5
61.8
409.2
3.8

1,037.8
27.3
1,010.5
245.9
1,845.5
1,243.4
602.1
1,987.3
1,954.7
1,128.5
96.2
730.1
32.5
969.7
1,187.3
10,765.4
10,362.3
9,987.7
3,197.7
1,025.2
2,172.4
6,790.0
220.4
154.2
90.4
63.8
403.1
3.7

1,028.0
28.9
999.1
262.0
1,773.4
1,241.1
532.3
2,140.3
2,107.7
1,151.1
122.5
834.1
32.7
970.9
1,082.6
10,966.2
10,370.5
9,999.3
3,193.8
1,011.5
2,182.2
6,805.6
216.7
154.5
91.4
63.1
595.7
5.4

1,037.9
25.8
1,012.0
277.9
1,763.1
1,234.9
528.2
2,137.5
2,104.7
1,165.8
135.7
803.2
32.8
962.5
1,071.0
10,934.3
10,502.8
10,132.9
3,292.3
1,051.3
2,241.0
6,840.6
215.5
154.4
92.5
61.9
431.5
3.9

1,060.3
35.2
1,025.1
286.7
1,788.5
1,234.4
554.1
2,153.9
2,121.0
1,181.4
133.6
806.0
32.9
960.6
1,066.1
11,003.3
10,599.3
10,236.4
3,337.1
1,052.0
2,285.1
6,899.3
203.1
159.8
94.5
65.3
403.9
3.7

1,066.8
31.0
1,035.8
297.8
1,775.7
1,241.8
533.9
2,216.9
2,183.5
1,188.5
140.0
855.1
33.3
981.1
1,083.0
11,103.4
10,719.4
10,353.5
3,405.4
1,072.2
2,333.2
6,948.1
202.8
163.1
96.5
66.6
384.1
3.5

9,504.6

9,075.1

9,494.4

9,188.7

9,105.5

9,010.5

8,998.3

9,011.9

9,911.3

9,993.2

9,920.4

9,926.4

10,077.5

9,984.4

9,985.5

10,036.8

35,450
32,514
304,831

35,505
32,500
307,483

35,304
32,431
305,890

35,124
32,387
306,496

35,709
32,815
307,101

35,522
32,436
307,815

35,665
32,366
308,521

35,920
32,469
309,120

r Revised
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
3. Population is the total population of the United States, including the Armed Forces overseas and the institutionalized population. The monthly estimate is the average of estimates for the first of the month and the
first of the following month; the annual and quarterly estimates are averages of the monthly estimates.

Table 3. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2009
October
Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements .......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries ...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds..
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic.....
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) .................................................................
Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of chained
(2005) dollars 2 .....................................................................................
Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 2............

November

2010
December

January

r

February

r

March r

April r

May p

–4.9
–15.9
–15.8
–18.6
–9.7
2.3
–8.8
–4.5
–4.5
2.8
–0.1
1.4
–1.5

41.8
9.1
7.5
6.3
5.4
7.4
0.9
–1.6
2.6
1.2
1.6
1.1
0.5

53.1
4.0
2.8
0.1
–2.7
–0.4
2.7
–0.2
2.9
2.7
1.2
1.3
–0.1

46.3
48.0
33.5
26.5
6.8
5.0
19.6
5.0
14.6
7.1
14.5
2.2
12.3

5.1
11.7
8.6
7.8
–1.5
0.4
9.4
2.4
7.0
0.7
3.1
2.4
0.6

54.3
24.9
20.8
18.3
4.8
2.4
13.6
4.6
8.9
2.5
4.1
2.2
2.0

59.4
34.8
31.0
28.5
6.1
4.6
22.2
5.9
16.4
2.5
3.8
1.9
1.9

53.7
34.1
29.4
22.8
10.3
7.8
12.6
4.6
8.0
6.6
4.6
2.6
2.0

10.3
5.8
4.5
2.4
12.3
3.2
9.1
–16.6
–16.6
–0.6
–8.2
–7.8
0.1
–2.5
–5.2
0.5
53.7
55.8
26.5
22.1
4.3
29.2
–6.2
4.3
0.9
3.4
–53.2

11.7
5.9
5.8
1.7
12.3
3.2
9.1
8.1
8.0
5.8
–2.8
5.0
0.0
1.1
2.3
39.4
47.8
53.2
50.9
24.1
27.0
2.3
–6.3
0.7
0.8
0.0
–8.4

5.9
5.9
0.0
1.6
12.3
3.2
9.1
29.4
29.5
5.5
16.7
7.4
0.1
0.2
2.9
50.2
31.4
37.0
–5.2
4.3
–9.7
42.2
–6.2
0.7
0.7
0.0
18.8

–1.4
–5.1
3.7
4.8
–12.5
2.1
–14.6
25.5
25.2
–2.2
–6.6
33.9
0.3
18.0
13.2
33.1
28.5
23.6
21.5
–11.2
32.8
2.2
2.9
1.9
0.6
1.3
4.5

–2.1
–5.0
3.0
4.6
–12.6
2.1
–14.7
4.7
4.6
3.0
–5.1
6.7
0.0
1.3
–0.1
5.1
51.6
48.0
27.9
11.2
16.8
20.0
3.0
0.7
0.7
0.0
–46.4

4.4
–5.1
9.4
5.0
–12.5
2.1
–14.6
36.0
36.0
5.0
18.6
12.3
0.0
3.3
3.3
51.2
60.8
57.3
44.1
39.2
4.8
13.2
2.9
0.6
0.6
0.0
–9.7

12.2
2.3
9.9
2.1
10.9
–4.2
15.1
3.3
3.2
11.4
–20.6
12.5
0.1
3.9
–4.5
63.7
–1.2
1.4
–16.1
–7.4
–8.7
17.5
–3.4
0.7
0.7
0.0
65.1

6.5
2.3
4.2
3.6
10.9
–4.1
15.0
2.7
2.6
1.2
–0.8
2.2
0.0
4.1
4.8
49.0
21.8
24.4
–11.7
8.9
–20.6
36.1
–3.3
0.7
0.7
0.0
27.1

–13.3
–26.3

13.7
17.0

7.4
30.0

2.7
12.1

–0.8
3.3

5.9
34.3

48.9
55.8

49.4
47.7

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

Table 4. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2008

2009

2008
IV

Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements .......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries ...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic.....
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) .................................................................
Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of chained
(2005) dollars 2 .....................................................................................
Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 2............

2009
I

II

2010
III

IV

Ir

344.7
179.7
137.0
84.8
–6.4
–11.5
91.2
3.6
87.6
52.2
42.8
30.9
11.9

–219.8
–263.9
–269.4
–310.5
–144.5
–82.6
–166.0
–62.9
–103.1
41.1
5.3
20.0
–14.7

–53.1
–18.8
–24.2
–30.6
–14.0
–8.1
–16.5
–8.4
–8.1
6.4
5.4
6.5
–1.1

–280.8
–244.5
–235.7
–252.6
–84.9
–51.2
–167.7
–37.1
–130.6
16.9
–8.8
4.6
–13.4

96.1
10.1
5.3
–7.2
–39.5
–19.0
32.2
–13.0
45.2
12.6
4.8
4.2
0.6

–43.6
–64.5
–63.9
–64.5
–25.7
–17.1
–38.8
–12.3
–26.5
0.4
–0.5
4.1
–4.6

64.2
–10.8
–13.2
–16.9
–11.1
5.0
–5.7
–3.9
–1.8
3.8
2.3
3.7
–1.4

117.1
69.8
50.6
40.0
7.4
8.2
32.5
7.5
25.1
10.6
19.2
5.7
13.5

9.9
9.3
0.6
65.5
–37.1
41.6
–78.7
157.9
155.4
66.6
18.3
70.7
2.4
31.3
–58.5
403.3
295.7
303.5
38.2
–65.3
103.5
265.4
–19.1
11.3
5.6
5.8
107.5

–65.3
–19.4
–45.8
57.7
–201.8
–69.5
–132.2
228.9
228.8
86.4
71.4
70.9
0.1
–24.7
–330.7
110.9
–61.3
–40.8
–148.0
–60.2
–87.8
107.1
–23.8
3.4
4.3
–1.0
172.2

–30.8
–10.3
–20.6
14.5
–43.3
–34.9
–8.5
23.7
23.6
6.5
12.6
4.5
0.1
–1.6
–3.0
–50.2
–223.7
–210.3
–235.5
–68.6
–166.9
25.2
–9.5
–3.9
1.0
–4.9
173.5

–45.8
–11.7
–34.0
9.2
–112.6
–49.5
–63.1
89.3
89.4
41.5
25.9
22.1
–0.2
–23.6
–247.0
–33.7
–27.6
–22.1
–29.8
5.3
–35.2
7.7
–8.4
2.9
0.9
2.0
–6.1

–9.8
1.6
–11.4
16.1
–72.1
–2.3
–69.8
153.0
153.0
22.6
26.3
104.0
0.2
1.2
–104.7
200.8
8.2
11.6
–3.9
–13.7
9.8
15.6
–3.7
0.3
1.0
–0.7
192.6

9.9
–3.1
12.9
15.9
–10.3
–6.2
–4.1
–2.8
–3.0
14.7
13.2
–30.9
0.1
–8.4
–11.6
–31.9
132.3
133.6
98.5
39.8
58.8
35.0
–1.2
–0.1
1.1
–1.2
–164.2

22.4
9.4
13.1
8.8
25.4
–0.5
25.9
16.4
16.3
15.6
–2.1
2.8
0.1
–1.9
–4.9
69.0
96.5
103.5
44.8
0.7
44.1
58.7
–12.4
5.4
2.0
3.4
–27.6

6.5
–4.2
10.7
11.1
–12.8
7.4
–20.2
63.0
62.5
7.1
6.4
49.1
0.4
20.5
16.9
100.1
120.1
117.1
68.3
20.2
48.1
48.8
–0.3
3.3
2.0
1.3
–19.8

–140.8
50.7

–429.5
81.9

52.4
82.1

–305.7
6.0

–83.2
151.1

–95.0
–93.1

–12.2
1.1

13.6
51.3

r Revised
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

Table 5. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Months)
Seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
2009
October

2010

November

December

January r

February r

March r

April r

May p

Based on current-dollar measures
Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ....................................................
Wage and salary disbursements ..........................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.....................................................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital consumption
adjustments ..........................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment .............
Personal income receipts on assets ........................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts ............................................................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic ..............
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Addenda:
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................

0.0
–0.2
–0.3
0.0

0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1

0.4
0.1
0.0
0.1

0.4
0.6
0.5
1.0

0.0
0.1
0.1
0.2

0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.5
0.4
0.5
0.2

0.4
0.4
0.5
0.3

1.0
0.9
0.7
0.3
1.7
–0.8
–0.3
–0.5
0.0

1.1
0.6
0.7
0.3
1.7
0.4
0.1
0.2
0.4

0.6
0.6
0.7
0.3
1.6
1.4
0.0
0.3
0.5

–0.1
1.7
–0.7
0.2
–2.6
1.2
1.9
1.2
0.3

–0.2
1.6
–0.7
0.2
–2.7
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.0

0.4
1.7
–0.7
0.2
–2.7
1.6
0.3
0.3
0.5

1.1
0.7
0.6
–0.3
2.9
0.1
0.4
–0.4
0.6

0.6
1.2
0.6
–0.3
2.8
0.1
0.4
0.4
0.4

0.6
0.8
2.2
0.2
0.4

0.5
1.5
2.3
1.2
0.0

0.4
–0.2
0.4
–0.4
0.6

0.2
0.6
–1.1
1.4
0.0

0.5
0.8
1.1
0.7
0.3

0.6
1.3
3.7
0.2
0.2

0.0
–0.5
–0.7
–0.4
0.3

0.2
–0.3
0.8
–0.9
0.5

0.1
0.3

0.5
0.6

0.5
0.5

Based on chained (2005) dollar measures
Real personal income excluding current transfer receipts .......................
Real disposable personal income ............................................................

–0.1
–0.3

0.2
0.2

0.1
0.3

0.0
0.1

0.0
0.0

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 6. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2008

2009

2008

2009

IV

I

II

2010
III

Ir

IV

Based on current-dollar measures
Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ....................................................
Wage and salary disbursements ..........................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.....................................................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital consumption
adjustments ..........................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment .............
Personal income receipts on assets ........................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts ............................................................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic ..............
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Addenda:
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................

2.9
2.3
2.1
2.9

–1.8
–3.3
–4.1
0.4

–1.7
–0.9
–1.5
1.4

–8.9
–11.6
–13.6
–2.3

3.3
0.5
0.3
1.3

–1.4
–3.3
–4.0
–0.1

2.2
–0.6
–0.8
0.6

3.9
3.7
3.3
5.2

0.9
45.2
–1.8
3.3
–10.3
9.2
3.3
–3.9
3.9

–5.9
27.4
–10.1
–5.3
–19.3
12.2
–2.5
–23.1
1.0

–10.6
28.8
–8.4
–10.1
–5.0
5.1
–0.6
–0.8
–1.8

–15.9
16.4
–21.1
–14.5
–32.8
20.2
–9.2
–53.1
–1.2

–3.7
28.9
–14.7
–0.7
–38.9
34.6
0.5
–30.9
7.7

3.9
26.7
–2.3
–2.0
–3.0
–0.5
–3.4
–4.2
–1.2

8.9
13.2
5.9
–0.2
21.1
3.1
–0.8
–1.8
2.5

2.5
16.5
–2.8
2.4
–13.8
12.2
8.8
6.5
3.7

3.1
1.1
–5.6
4.7
4.1

–0.4
–4.3
–5.5
–3.8
1.6

–8.0
–24.5
–22.9
–25.3
1.5

–0.9
–3.7
2.1
–6.2
0.5

0.5
–0.5
–5.2
1.8
0.9

5.5
12.9
16.7
11.2
2.1

4.1
5.6
0.3
8.1
3.5

4.7
8.4
7.9
8.7
2.9

–1.0
–3.6

–0.1
0.0

0.2
2.1

Based on chained (2005) dollar measures
Real personal income excluding current transfer receipts .......................
Real disposable personal income ............................................................
r Revised

–1.5
0.5

–4.5
0.8

0.6
3.4

–3.2
0.2

–0.9
6.2

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2009
October

2010

November

December

January

r

February

r

March r

April r

May p

Billions of chained (2005) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

9,262.5
3,158.1
1,103.9
2,047.8
6,101.7

9,293.4
3,199.0
1,130.2
2,064.1
6,093.8

9,312.4
3,188.4
1,137.1
2,048.3
6,122.2

9,317.3
3,195.7
1,132.9
2,058.7
6,120.3

9,359.4
3,227.9
1,146.9
2,077.3
6,131.4

9,400.1
3,269.9
1,188.0
2,082.8
6,132.0

9,399.6
3,265.5
1,181.6
2,084.0
6,135.6

9,425.0
3,273.3
1,194.2
2,080.8
6,153.2

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

26.0
22.9
22.7
2.5
4.0

30.9
40.9
26.3
16.3
–7.9

19.0
–10.6
6.9
–15.8
28.4

4.9
7.3
–4.2
10.4
–1.9

42.1
32.2
14.0
18.6
11.1

40.7
42.0
41.1
5.5
0.6

–0.5
–4.4
–6.4
1.2
3.6

25.4
7.8
12.6
–3.2
17.6

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2005) dollars, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

0.3
0.7
2.1
0.1
0.1

0.3
1.3
2.4
0.8
–0.1

0.2
–0.3
0.6
–0.8
0.5

0.1
0.2
–0.4
0.5
0.0

0.5
1.0
1.2
0.9
0.2

0.4
1.3
3.6
0.3
0.0

0.0
–0.1
–0.5
0.1
0.1

0.3
0.2
1.1
–0.2
0.3

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 8. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2008

2009

2008

2009

IV

I

II

2010
III

IV

Ir

9,252.6
3,159.6
1,122.7
2,033.3
6,090.6

9,289.5
3,181.9
1,123.7
2,053.4
6,105.9

9,359.0
3,231.2
1,156.0
2,072.9
6,127.9

36.9
22.3
1.0
20.1
15.3

69.5
49.3
32.3
19.5
22.0

1.6
2.8
0.4
4.0
1.0

3.0
6.3
12.0
3.9
1.4

Billions of chained (2005) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

9,290.9
3,206.0
1,146.3
2,057.3
6,083.1

9,235.1
3,144.2
1,101.4
2,037.0
6,087.8

Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

–23.0
–67.7
–53.6
–17.5
42.3

–55.8
–61.8
–44.9
–20.3
4.7

9,195.3
3,110.4
1,076.8
2,026.1
6,080.4

9,209.2
3,129.8
1,087.2
2,035.5
6,076.0

9,189.0
3,105.4
1,071.7
2,025.7
6,078.8

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars
–72.4
–83.2
–62.8
–25.4
8.0

13.9
19.4
10.4
9.4
–4.4

–20.2
–24.4
–15.5
–9.8
2.8

63.6
54.2
51.0
7.6
11.8

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2005) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
r Revised

–0.2
–2.1
–4.5
–0.8
0.7

–0.6
–1.9
–3.9
–1.0
0.1

–3.1
–10.0
–20.3
–4.9
0.5

0.6
2.5
3.9
1.9
–0.3

–0.9
–3.1
–5.6
–1.9
0.2

2.8
7.2
20.4
1.5
0.8

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2009
October

2010

November

December

January

r

February

r

March r

April r

May p

Chain-type price indexes (2005=100), seasonally adjusted
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)............................................
Goods ......................................................................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................
Addenda:
Energy goods and services 1 ...................................................................
PCE excluding food and energy 2 ............................................................
Market-based PCE 3 ................................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 .....................................

109.994
104.664
93.743
110.878
112.815

110.202
104.919
93.682
111.305
112.998

110.374
105.103
93.501
111.691
113.164

110.570
105.536
92.854
112.722
113.235

110.585
105.348
92.695
112.519
113.357

110.716
105.342
92.794
112.454
113.560

110.736
104.990
92.672
111.970
113.779

110.697
104.386
92.441
111.154
114.041

115.181
109.412
110.032
109.361

117.782
109.489
110.213
109.385

118.773
109.608
110.348
109.452

122.235
109.616
110.531
109.414

121.467
109.669
110.549
109.476

121.405
109.791
110.665
109.580

119.773
109.887
110.641
109.636

115.874
110.065
110.541
109.780

Percent change from preceding period in price indexes, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
Personal consumption expenditures ......................................................
Goods ......................................................................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................
Addenda:
Energy goods and services 1 ...................................................................
PCE excluding food and energy 2 ............................................................
Market-based PCE 3 ................................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 .....................................

0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.4

0.2
0.2
–0.1
0.4
0.2

0.2
0.2
–0.2
0.3
0.1

0.2
0.4
–0.7
0.9
0.1

0.0
–0.2
–0.2
–0.2
0.1

0.1
0.0
0.1
–0.1
0.2

0.0
–0.3
–0.1
–0.4
0.2

0.0
–0.6
–0.2
–0.7
0.2

0.7
0.3
0.2
0.2

2.3
0.1
0.2
0.0

0.8
0.1
0.1
0.1

2.9
0.0
0.2
0.0

–0.6
0.0
0.0
0.1

–0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1

–1.3
0.1
0.0
0.1

–3.3
0.2
–0.1
0.1

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Consists of gasoline and other energy goods and of electricity and gas.
2. Food consists of food and beverages purchased for off-premises consumption; food services, which include purchased meals and beverages, are not classified as food.
3. This index is a supplemental measure that is based on household expenditures for which there are observable price measures. It excludes most implicit prices (for example, financial services furnished without
payment) and the final consumption expenditures of nonprofit institutions serving households.

Table 10. Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2009
October
Disposable personal income....................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ......................................................
Goods ......................................................................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................

2010

November

1.2
0.6
1.0
2.1
0.5
0.3

0.4
0.8
2.2
4.4
1.1
0.2

December
0.4
1.7
3.7
6.7
2.4
0.7

January

r

0.3
1.2
2.1
3.5
1.5
0.7

February

r

1.3
1.5
2.8
5.1
1.7
0.9

March r
1.8
2.2
4.8
10.5
2.3
0.9

April r
1.0
2.4
5.5
11.5
2.8
0.9

May p
–0.2
2.6
5.4
11.4
2.7
1.3

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2009
October
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)............................................
Goods ......................................................................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................
Addenda:
Energy goods and services 1 ...................................................................
PCE excluding food and energy 2 ............................................................
Market-based PCE 3 ................................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 .....................................

2010

November

December

January

r

February

r

March r

April r

May p

0.1
–2.0
–1.5
–2.2
1.2

1.5
1.7
–1.1
3.0
1.3

2.1
3.7
–0.9
5.9
1.4

2.1
3.7
–1.5
6.2
1.4

1.8
2.8
–1.8
5.0
1.4

2.1
3.0
–1.7
5.2
1.6

2.0
2.6
–1.9
4.8
1.7

1.9
2.0
–2.0
3.9
1.9

–15.2
1.4
0.1
1.7

5.6
1.5
1.6
1.7

18.2
1.6
2.2
1.6

19.5
1.5
2.1
1.4

14.9
1.4
1.8
1.2

18.7
1.4
2.0
1.1

19.9
1.2
1.9
0.9

15.7
1.3
1.7
1.0

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Consists of gasoline and other energy goods and of electricity and gas.
2. Food consists of food and beverages purchased for off-premises consumption; food services, which include purchased meals and beverages, are not classified as food.
3. This index is a supplemental measure that is based on household expenditures for which there are observable price measures. It excludes most implicit prices (for example, financial services furnished without
payment) and the final consumption expenditures of nonprofit institutions serving households.