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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EST, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2010
BEA 10-55
James Rankin: (202) 606-5301
Kyle Brown: (202) 606-5302

(Personal Income)
(Personal Consumption Expenditures)

piniwd@bea.gov
pce@bea.gov

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: OCTOBER 2010
Personal income increased $57.6 billion, or 0.5 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $48.3 billion, or 0.4 percent, in October, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $44.0 billion, or 0.4 percent. In September,
personal income decreased $2.8 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, DPI decreased $8.6 billion, or 0.1
percent, and PCE increased $26.9 billion, or 0.3 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income increased 0.3 percent in October, in contrast to a decrease of 0.2
percent in September. Real PCE increased 0.3 percent, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent.
2010
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
(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

Oct.

0.1

0.2

0.5

0.0

0.5

0.1
0.2

0.0
-0.2

0.5
0.3

-0.1
-0.2

0.4
0.3

0.0
0.1

0.5
0.3

0.5
0.3

0.3
0.2

0.4
0.3

This news release also presents revised estimates of wages and salaries, personal taxes, and
contributions for government social insurance for April through June 2010 (second quarter). These
estimates reflect newly available second-quarter wage and salary tabulations from the quarterly census of
employment and wages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
________________________

NOTE. -- Monthly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified. Monthto-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 $33.2 billion in October, compared with an
increase of $8.0 billion in September. Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $5.5 billion, in
contrast to a decrease of $0.1 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $3.4 billion, in contrast to a
decrease of $0.1 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls increased $27.6 billion, compared
with an increase of $8.2 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased $2.5 billion, in
contrast to a decrease of $4.6 billion.

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Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $5.1 billion in October, compared with an increase
of $2.8 billion in September.
Proprietors' income increased $9.9 billion in October, compared with an increase of $4.9 billion
in September. Farm proprietors' income increased $5.3 billion, compared with an increase of $3.6
billion. Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $4.5 billion, compared with an increase of $1.3
billion.
Rental income of persons increased $1.6 billion in October, compared with an increase of $3.5
billion in September. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal
dividend income) increased $6.9 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $4.9 billion. Personal current
transfer receipts increased $3.3 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $12.1 billion.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $4.7 billion in October, compared with an increase of $0.6 billion in September.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $9.4 billion in October, compared with an increase of $5.7
billion in September. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current
taxes -- increased $48.3 billion, or 0.4 percent, in October, in contrast to a decrease of $8.6 billion, or
0.1 percent in September.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $43.0 billion in October, compared with an increase of $23.5 billion in September. PCE
increased $44.0 billion, compared with an increase of $26.9 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $651.1 billion in October, compared with
$645.8 billion in September. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 5.7
percent in October, compared with 5.6 percent in September. 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 0.3 percent in October, in contrast
to a decrease of 0.2 percent in September.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.3 percent in October, compared
with an increase of 0.2 percent in September. Purchases of durable goods increased 2.2 percent,
compared with an increase of 1.7 percent. Purchases of motor vehicles and parts accounted for most
of the increases in October and in September. Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.2 percent in
October, in contrast to a decrease of 0.2 percent in September. Purchases of services decreased less
than 0.1 percent in October, in contrast to an increase of 0.1 percent in September.
PCE price index -- The price index for PCE increased 0.2 percent in October, compared with an
increase of 0.1 percent in September. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased less
than 0.1 percent in both October and September.
Revisions
Estimates of personal income have been revised for April through September; estimates for PCE
have been revised for July through September. Changes in personal income, current-dollar and
chained (2005) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (2005) dollar PCE for August and
September -- revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below.
Estimates of wages and salaries were revised April through September. The revisions to secondquarter wages and salaries reflect the incorporation of BLS tabulations of second-quarter wages and
salaries from the quarterly census of employment and wages. Revised estimates for July, August, and
September reflect extrapolations from the revised second-quarter level of wages. In addition,
revisions for August and September reflect revised BLS employment, hours, and earnings data.
Change from preceding month
August
Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

September

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Personal Income:
Current dollars

54.4

62.3

0.4

0.5

-16.8

-2.8

-0.1

0.0

Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

47.9
23.5

53.8
28.6

0.4
0.2

0.5
0.3

-20.3
-26.7

-8.6
-17.7

-0.2
-0.3

-0.1
-0.2

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
52.5
Chained (2005) dollars
29.3

54.5
31.0

0.5
0.3

0.5
0.3

17.3
7.9

26.9
15.1

0.2
0.1

0.3
0.2

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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 – December 23, 2010, at 8:30 A.M. EST for
Personal Income and Outlays for November.

Release dates in 2011
December 2010.. January 31
January 2011….. February 28
February 2011… March 28
March 2011…… April 29

April 2011…May 27
May 2011… June 27
June 2011… August 2
July 2011…. August 29

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August 2011…… September 30
September 2011.. October 28
October 2011….. November 23
November 2011.. December 23

Table 1. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2010
March
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...................................................

April

r

May

r

June

r

July r

August r

September r

October p

12,389.4
7,868.3
6,298.1
5,110.5
1,030.3
651.3
4,080.2
989.6
3,090.6
1,187.6
1,570.2

12,478.5
7,939.1
6,362.4
5,172.2
1,045.7
664.6
4,126.5
1,002.7
3,123.7
1,190.1
1,576.7

12,532.8
7,985.8
6,403.7
5,207.8
1,062.9
679.6
4,144.9
1,007.2
3,137.7
1,195.9
1,582.1

12,540.0
7,984.8
6,400.4
5,207.0
1,054.2
673.1
4,152.9
1,006.2
3,146.6
1,193.4
1,584.4

12,559.8
8,013.4
6,425.1
5,233.2
1,061.3
678.7
4,172.0
1,012.1
3,159.9
1,191.9
1,588.3

12,622.1
8,038.7
6,446.0
5,262.0
1,068.7
681.7
4,193.3
1,014.0
3,179.3
1,184.0
1,592.7

12,619.3
8,045.0
6,449.5
5,270.0
1,068.6
681.6
4,201.5
1,017.2
3,184.3
1,179.4
1,595.5

12,676.9
8,085.7
6,485.1
5,303.2
1,074.1
685.0
4,229.1
1,023.5
3,205.6
1,181.9
1,600.6

1,098.5
471.7

1,100.7
476.0

1,103.1
479.0

1,105.5
479.0

1,107.8
480.6

1,110.2
482.5

1,112.8
482.7

1,115.6
485.0

1,037.2
36.2
1,001.0
298.0
1,903.8
1,204.7
699.0
2,271.4
2,234.7
1,195.9
156.8
882.1
36.7
989.3
1,137.4
11,252.1
10,654.6
10,279.7
3,417.9
1,089.0
2,328.9
6,861.8
205.2
169.7
99.0
70.7
597.4
5.3

1,049.2
37.6
1,011.6
298.1
1,911.1
1,205.0
706.0
2,279.0
2,242.3
1,207.9
137.2
897.2
36.7
998.0
1,143.5
11,335.0
10,652.6
10,275.2
3,396.4
1,078.1
2,318.3
6,878.8
205.6
171.7
99.5
72.2
682.4
6.0

1,051.7
38.9
1,012.7
298.8
1,915.0
1,205.3
709.7
2,285.4
2,248.4
1,207.9
137.1
903.4
37.0
1,003.9
1,151.8
11,381.0
10,670.4
10,292.1
3,374.8
1,074.6
2,300.1
6,917.3
206.0
172.3
100.1
72.2
710.6
6.2

1,048.3
40.3
1,008.0
299.6
1,917.3
1,205.6
711.8
2,293.8
2,256.5
1,208.6
136.1
911.9
37.2
1,003.9
1,152.0
11,388.0
10,668.1
10,288.8
3,361.2
1,069.5
2,291.7
6,927.6
206.5
172.8
100.6
72.2
719.8
6.3

1,049.2
43.9
1,005.3
301.7
1,907.5
1,194.8
712.7
2,295.2
2,257.8
1,219.5
123.2
915.1
37.4
1,007.2
1,171.0
11,388.8
10,713.6
10,338.3
3,384.8
1,081.2
2,303.6
6,953.5
202.5
172.8
101.2
71.6
675.1
5.9

1,059.3
47.4
1,011.9
304.5
1,897.8
1,184.1
713.7
2,332.5
2,295.2
1,221.5
150.5
923.2
37.3
1,010.7
1,179.5
11,442.6
10,764.7
10,392.8
3,420.6
1,081.6
2,339.0
6,972.2
198.5
173.4
101.8
71.6
677.9
5.9

1,064.2
51.0
1,013.2
308.0
1,892.9
1,173.4
719.5
2,320.4
2,283.3
1,229.3
133.3
920.7
37.0
1,011.3
1,185.2
11,434.0
10,788.2
10,419.7
3,438.6
1,098.9
2,339.7
6,981.1
194.5
174.0
102.4
71.6
645.8
5.6

1,074.1
56.3
1,017.7
309.6
1,899.8
1,184.9
714.9
2,323.7
2,284.3
1,230.5
127.9
925.8
39.3
1,016.0
1,194.6
11,482.3
10,831.2
10,463.7
3,477.8
1,119.7
2,358.1
6,985.9
192.9
174.6
103.0
71.6
651.1
5.7

9,112.9

9,188.9

9,240.2

9,250.8

9,248.1

9,252.8

9,252.2

9,285.7

10,134.3

10,211.9

10,262.4

10,281.6

10,261.0

10,289.6

10,271.9

10,298.4

36,378
32,764
309,312

36,622
32,994
309,509

36,746
33,135
309,718

36,742
33,172
309,946

36,716
33,080
310,185

36,859
33,145
310,439

36,802
33,062
310,691

36,928
33,121
310,935

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the second quarter of 2010.
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

2009
II

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....................................................

III

2010
IV

I

II r

III r

12,391.1
8,065.8
6,559.0
5,415.1
1,207.6
741.2
4,207.4
1,050.9
3,156.6
1,144.0
1,506.8

12,174.9
7,806.7
6,274.1
5,100.5
1,064.0
661.5
4,036.6
990.5
3,046.1
1,173.6
1,532.6

12,203.4
7,819.0
6,287.7
5,111.4
1,063.0
659.1
4,048.5
989.9
3,058.5
1,176.2
1,531.4

12,164.0
7,798.7
6,263.9
5,088.3
1,046.7
649.8
4,041.6
986.9
3,054.7
1,175.6
1,534.8

12,239.0
7,831.4
6,284.9
5,110.0
1,046.1
658.3
4,064.0
988.2
3,075.7
1,174.9
1,546.5

12,350.3
7,858.1
6,291.4
5,105.9
1,032.2
652.6
4,073.7
988.0
3,085.8
1,185.5
1,566.7

12,517.1
7,969.9
6,388.8
5,195.7
1,054.3
672.4
4,141.4
1,005.4
3,136.0
1,193.1
1,581.1

12,600.4
8,032.4
6,440.2
5,255.1
1,066.2
680.7
4,188.9
1,014.4
3,174.5
1,185.1
1,592.2

1,036.6
470.1

1,072.0
460.6

1,069.9
461.5

1,074.0
460.8

1,084.0
462.5

1,095.8
470.9

1,103.1
478.0

1,110.3
481.9

1,102.0
50.8
1,051.2
222.0
2,109.3
1,314.7
794.6
1,879.2
1,842.6
1,068.3
50.7
723.6
36.7
987.2
1,438.2
10,952.9
10,505.0
10,104.5
3,379.5
1,083.5
2,296.0
6,725.0
246.2
154.3
89.7
64.6
447.9
4.1

1,011.9
30.5
981.5
274.0
1,919.7
1,222.3
697.4
2,132.8
2,096.8
1,164.5
128.6
803.7
36.0
970.3
1,140.0
11,034.9
10,379.6
10,001.3
3,230.7
1,026.5
2,204.2
6,770.6
216.8
161.4
95.0
66.5
655.3
5.9

1,000.5
28.0
972.5
269.4
1,925.9
1,229.5
696.4
2,160.2
2,124.1
1,158.2
127.7
838.1
36.1
971.6
1,112.5
11,090.9
10,297.4
9,920.1
3,175.4
1,004.7
2,170.7
6,744.7
218.4
158.9
94.3
64.6
793.5
7.2

1,006.4
28.0
978.4
279.1
1,891.1
1,213.3
677.8
2,159.3
2,123.4
1,172.6
145.0
805.9
35.8
970.6
1,117.0
11,047.0
10,423.6
10,040.7
3,276.1
1,045.2
2,231.0
6,764.6
220.9
161.9
95.6
66.3
623.4
5.6

1,022.1
36.2
985.9
282.8
1,889.2
1,205.8
683.4
2,188.2
2,152.5
1,188.8
143.4
820.2
35.8
974.8
1,117.2
11,121.7
10,505.7
10,131.5
3,312.9
1,043.9
2,269.0
6,818.6
207.8
166.4
97.0
69.5
616.0
5.5

1,030.7
36.8
994.0
292.7
1,911.1
1,208.7
702.4
2,245.5
2,208.9
1,191.3
146.1
871.5
36.6
987.8
1,134.7
11,215.6
10,603.9
10,230.8
3,380.0
1,060.7
2,319.3
6,850.9
203.8
169.2
98.5
70.7
611.8
5.5

1,049.7
38.9
1,010.8
298.8
1,914.4
1,205.3
709.2
2,286.1
2,249.1
1,208.1
136.8
904.2
37.0
1,001.9
1,149.1
11,368.0
10,663.7
10,285.4
3,377.5
1,074.1
2,303.4
6,907.9
206.0
172.3
100.1
72.2
704.3
6.2

1,057.6
47.4
1,010.2
304.7
1,899.4
1,184.1
715.3
2,316.0
2,278.8
1,223.5
135.7
919.7
37.2
1,009.7
1,178.6
11,421.8
10,755.5
10,383.6
3,414.7
1,087.2
2,327.4
6,968.9
198.5
173.4
101.8
71.6
666.3
5.8

9,638.5

9,191.1

9,230.2

9,128.7

9,109.7

9,111.7

9,226.6

9,251.0

10,042.9

10,099.8

10,193.0

10,079.7

10,080.4

10,113.3

10,251.9

10,274.2

35,931
32,946
304,831

35,888
32,847
307,483

36,115
33,191
307,101

35,888
32,746
307,815

36,049
32,673
308,521

36,282
32,717
309,120

36,704
33,100
309,724

36,792
33,096
310,438

r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the second quarter of 2010.
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
2010
March
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 .......

April

r

May

r

June

r

July r

August r

September r

October p

52.2
17.3
13.3
10.8
1.5
0.3
9.4
3.2
6.2
2.4
4.1

89.1
70.8
64.3
61.7
15.4
13.3
46.3
13.1
33.1
2.5
6.5

54.3
46.7
41.3
35.6
17.2
15.0
18.4
4.5
14.0
5.8
5.4

7.2
–1.0
–3.3
–0.8
–8.7
–6.5
8.0
–1.0
8.9
–2.5
2.3

19.8
28.6
24.7
26.2
7.1
5.6
19.1
5.9
13.3
–1.5
3.9

62.3
25.3
20.9
28.8
7.4
3.0
21.3
1.9
19.4
–7.9
4.4

–2.8
6.3
3.5
8.0
–0.1
–0.1
8.2
3.2
5.0
–4.6
2.8

57.6
40.7
35.6
33.2
5.5
3.4
27.6
6.3
21.3
2.5
5.1

2.7
1.4

2.2
4.3

2.4
3.0

2.4
0.0

2.3
1.6

2.4
1.9

2.6
0.2

2.8
2.3

9.2
–0.6
9.8
5.5
–12.3
–4.0
–8.4
35.1
35.0
5.2
18.6
11.3
0.1
2.6
3.8
48.5
51.7
49.8
42.6
36.8
5.8
7.2
1.4
0.5
0.5
0.0
–3.2

12.0
1.4
10.6
0.1
7.3
0.3
7.0
7.6
7.6
12.0
–19.6
15.1
0.0
8.7
6.1
82.9
–2.0
–4.5
–21.5
–10.9
–10.6
17.0
0.4
2.0
0.5
1.5
85.0

2.5
1.3
1.1
0.7
3.9
0.3
3.7
6.4
6.1
0.0
–0.1
6.2
0.3
5.9
8.3
46.0
17.8
16.9
–21.6
–3.5
–18.2
38.5
0.4
0.6
0.6
0.0
28.2

–3.4
1.4
–4.7
0.8
2.3
0.3
2.1
8.4
8.1
0.7
–1.0
8.5
0.2
0.0
0.2
7.0
–2.3
–3.3
–13.6
–5.1
–8.4
10.3
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.0
9.2

0.9
3.6
–2.7
2.1
–9.8
–10.8
0.9
1.4
1.3
10.9
–12.9
3.2
0.2
3.3
19.0
0.8
45.5
49.5
23.6
11.7
11.9
25.9
–4.0
0.0
0.6
–0.6
–44.7

10.1
3.5
6.6
2.8
–9.7
–10.7
1.0
37.3
37.4
2.0
27.3
8.1
–0.1
3.5
8.5
53.8
51.1
54.5
35.8
0.4
35.4
18.7
–4.0
0.6
0.6
0.0
2.8

4.9
3.6
1.3
3.5
–4.9
–10.7
5.8
–12.1
–11.9
7.8
–17.2
–2.5
–0.3
0.6
5.7
–8.6
23.5
26.9
18.0
17.3
0.7
8.9
–4.0
0.6
0.6
0.0
–32.1

9.9
5.3
4.5
1.6
6.9
11.5
–4.6
3.3
1.0
1.2
–5.4
5.1
2.3
4.7
9.4
48.3
43.0
44.0
39.2
20.8
18.4
4.8
–1.6
0.6
0.6
0.0
5.3

1.1
27.8

76.0
77.6

51.3
50.5

10.6
19.2

–2.7
–20.6

4.7
28.6

–0.6
–17.7

33.5
26.5

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the second quarter of 2010.
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

2009
II

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 ......

III

2010
IV

II r

I

III r

478.8
203.6
137.3
82.4
–5.8
–11.0
88.1
5.7
82.5
55.0
66.4

–216.2
–259.1
–284.9
–314.6
–143.6
–79.7
–170.8
–60.4
–110.5
29.6
25.8

110.2
41.3
27.7
18.9
–37.2
–19.5
56.2
–7.1
63.2
8.6
13.7

–39.4
–20.3
–23.8
–23.1
–16.3
–9.3
–6.9
–3.0
–3.8
–0.6
3.4

75.0
32.7
21.0
21.7
–0.6
8.5
22.4
1.3
21.0
–0.7
11.7

111.3
26.7
6.5
–4.1
–13.9
–5.7
9.7
–0.2
10.1
10.6
20.2

166.8
111.8
97.4
89.8
22.1
19.8
67.7
17.4
50.2
7.6
14.4

83.3
62.5
51.4
59.4
11.9
8.3
47.5
9.0
38.5
–8.0
11.1

56.1
10.2

35.4
–9.5

9.7
4.1

4.1
–0.7

10.0
1.7

11.8
8.4

7.3
7.1

7.2
3.9

11.6
13.0
–1.4
78.3
52.3
49.6
2.7
160.7
154.7
65.1
18.4
71.2
6.2
27.7
–50.5
529.3
296.1
298.2
21.8
–75.9
97.8
276.4
–14.7
12.6
7.3
5.3
233.2

–90.1
–20.3
–69.7
52.0
–189.6
–92.4
–97.2
253.6
254.2
96.2
77.9
80.1
–0.7
–16.9
–298.2
82.0
–125.4
–103.2
–148.8
–57.0
–91.8
45.6
–29.4
7.1
5.3
1.9
207.4

–18.2
–1.6
–16.5
4.7
–46.8
–11.0
–35.8
136.5
136.9
19.6
29.5
87.7
–0.4
7.4
–100.9
211.1
5.8
7.1
17.0
–7.5
24.5
–9.9
–1.7
0.4
1.2
–0.8
205.3

5.9
0.0
5.9
9.7
–34.8
–16.2
–18.6
–0.9
–0.7
14.4
17.3
–32.2
–0.3
–1.0
4.5
–43.9
126.2
120.6
100.7
40.5
60.3
19.9
2.5
3.0
1.3
1.7
–170.1

15.7
8.2
7.5
3.7
–1.9
–7.5
5.6
28.9
29.1
16.2
–1.6
14.3
0.0
4.2
0.2
74.7
82.1
90.8
36.8
–1.3
38.0
54.0
–13.1
4.5
1.4
3.2
–7.4

8.6
0.6
8.1
9.9
21.9
2.9
19.0
57.3
56.4
2.5
2.7
51.3
0.8
13.0
17.5
93.9
98.2
99.3
67.1
16.8
50.3
32.3
–4.0
2.8
1.5
1.2
–4.2

19.0
2.1
16.8
6.1
3.3
–3.4
6.8
40.6
40.2
16.8
–9.3
32.7
0.4
14.1
14.4
152.4
59.8
54.6
–2.5
13.4
–15.9
57.0
2.2
3.1
1.6
1.5
92.5

7.9
8.5
–0.6
5.9
–15.0
–21.2
6.1
29.9
29.7
15.4
–1.1
15.5
0.2
7.8
29.5
53.8
91.8
98.2
37.2
13.1
24.0
61.0
–7.5
1.1
1.7
–0.6
–38.0

–18.0
168.7

–447.4
56.9

–68.5
146.1

–101.5
–113.3

–19.0
0.7

2.0
32.9

114.9
138.6

24.4
22.3

r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the second quarter of 2010.
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
2010
April r

March

May r

June r

July r

August r

September r

October 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...................................................................................

0.4
0.2
0.2
0.3

0.7
0.9
1.0
0.4

0.4
0.6
0.6
0.3

0.1
0.0
–0.1
0.1

0.2
0.4
0.4
0.2

0.5
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.0
0.1
0.1
0.2

0.5
0.5
0.6
0.3

0.9
1.9
–0.6
–0.3
–1.2
1.6
0.3
0.3
0.4

1.2
0.0
0.4
0.0
1.0
0.3
0.9
0.5
0.7

0.2
0.3
0.2
0.0
0.5
0.3
0.6
0.7
0.4

–0.3
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.1

0.1
0.7
–0.5
–0.9
0.1
0.1
0.3
1.6
0.0

1.0
0.9
–0.5
–0.9
0.1
1.6
0.3
0.7
0.5

0.5
1.2
–0.3
–0.9
0.8
–0.5
0.1
0.5
–0.1

0.9
0.5
0.4
1.0
–0.6
0.1
0.5
0.8
0.4

0.5
1.3
3.5
0.2
0.1

0.0
–0.6
–1.0
–0.5
0.2

0.2
–0.6
–0.3
–0.8
0.6

0.0
–0.4
–0.5
–0.4
0.1

0.5
0.7
1.1
0.5
0.4

0.5
1.1
0.0
1.5
0.3

0.3
0.5
1.6
0.0
0.1

0.4
1.1
1.9
0.8
0.1

0.1
0.3

0.0
–0.2

0.4
0.3

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

0.0
0.3

0.8
0.8

0.6
0.5

0.1
0.2

0.0
–0.2

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the second quarter of 2010.

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

2009

2009
II

III

2010
IV

II r

I

III r

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..................................................................................

4.0
2.6
2.1
4.6

–1.7
–3.2
–4.3
1.7

3.7
2.1
1.8
3.7

–1.3
–1.0
–1.5
0.9

2.5
1.7
1.3
3.1

3.7
1.4
0.4
5.3

5.5
5.8
6.3
3.7

2.7
3.2
3.3
2.8

1.1
54.5
2.5
3.9
0.3
9.4
2.9
–3.4
5.1

–8.2
23.4
–9.0
–7.0
–12.2
13.5
–1.7
–20.7
0.7

–6.9
7.3
–9.2
–3.5
–18.2
29.8
3.1
–29.4
8.0

2.4
15.3
–7.0
–5.2
–10.2
–0.2
–0.4
1.6
–1.6

6.4
5.4
–0.4
–2.5
3.3
5.5
1.7
0.1
2.7

3.4
14.7
4.7
1.0
11.6
10.9
5.4
6.4
3.4

7.6
8.7
0.7
–1.1
3.9
7.4
5.9
5.2
5.5

3.0
8.1
–3.1
–6.8
3.5
5.3
3.1
10.7
1.9

3.0
0.7
–6.6
4.4
4.3

–1.0
–4.4
–5.3
–4.0
0.7

0.3
2.2
–3.0
4.7
–0.6

5.0
13.3
17.1
11.6
1.2

3.7
4.6
–0.5
7.0
3.2

4.0
8.3
6.6
9.2
1.9

2.1
–0.3
5.1
–2.7
3.4

3.9
4.5
5.0
4.2
3.6

0.0
1.3

1.3
5.6

0.3
0.9

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

–0.2
1.7

–4.6
0.6

–0.7
5.9

–1.1
–4.4

r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the second quarter of 2010.

–0.2
0.0

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2010
March

April

May

July r

June

August r

September r

October p

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

9,258.6
3,233.3
1,169.2
2,064.0
6,026.7

9,257.2
3,223.7
1,159.1
2,063.4
6,034.4

9,280.5
3,221.8
1,158.2
2,062.3
6,058.9

9,289.3
3,222.3
1,156.2
2,064.4
6,066.9

9,314.6
3,232.7
1,172.0
2,061.2
6,081.9

9,345.6
3,253.2
1,172.0
2,080.3
6,093.2

9,360.7
3,265.8
1,191.9
2,075.8
6,096.3

9,384.9
3,292.4
1,217.8
2,079.5
6,095.3

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

30.4
40.3
38.2
6.3
–7.9

–1.4
–9.6
–10.1
–0.6
7.7

23.3
–1.9
–0.9
–1.1
24.5

8.8
0.5
–2.0
2.1
8.0

25.3
10.4
15.8
–3.2
15.0

31.0
20.5
0.0
19.1
11.3

15.1
12.6
19.9
–4.5
3.1

24.2
26.6
25.9
3.7
–1.0

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
1.3
3.4
0.3
–0.1

0.0
–0.3
–0.9
0.0
0.1

0.3
–0.1
–0.1
–0.1
0.4

0.1
0.0
–0.2
0.1
0.1

0.3
0.3
1.4
–0.2
0.2

0.3
0.6
0.0
0.9
0.2

0.2
0.4
1.7
–0.2
0.1

0.3
0.8
2.2
0.2
0.0

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

2009
II

III

2010
IV

I

II

III r

9,225.4
3,195.4
1,138.9
2,053.5
6,029.6

9,275.7
3,222.6
1,157.8
2,063.4
6,053.4

9,340.3
3,250.6
1,178.6
2,072.4
6,090.5

50.3
27.2
18.9
9.9
23.8

64.6
28.0
20.8
9.0
37.1

2.2
3.4
6.8
1.9
1.6

2.8
3.5
7.4
1.8
2.5

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

9,265.0
3,180.3
1,136.4
2,041.2
6,082.3

9,153.9
3,117.4
1,094.6
2,017.4
6,032.7

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

–24.5
–81.3
–62.2
–23.1
54.0

–111.1
–62.9
–41.8
–23.8
–49.6

9,117.0
3,084.0
1,068.2
2,008.3
6,027.7

9,161.6
3,138.2
1,118.3
2,016.9
6,020.7

9,182.9
3,151.8
1,115.1
2,032.3
6,028.7

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars
–37.1
–11.7
–8.4
–3.7
–25.9

44.6
54.2
50.1
8.6
–7.0

21.3
13.6
–3.2
15.4
8.0

42.5
43.6
23.8
21.2
0.9

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

–0.3
–2.5
–5.2
–1.1
0.9

–1.2
–2.0
–3.7
–1.2
–0.8

–1.6
–1.5
–3.1
–0.7
–1.7

2.0
7.2
20.1
1.7
–0.5

0.9
1.7
–1.1
3.1
0.5

1.9
5.7
8.8
4.2
0.1

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2010
March

April

May

July r

June

August r

September r

October p

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

111.032
105.714
93.126
112.838
113.856

111.000
105.364
93.001
112.360
113.994

110.902
104.755
92.775
111.537
114.169

110.762
104.318
92.488
111.016
114.186

110.993
104.712
92.243
111.769
114.331

111.208
105.153
92.273
112.442
114.425

111.316
105.300
92.188
112.721
114.513

111.499
105.640
91.937
113.403
114.611

110.030
113.746
123.189
110.906
109.715

110.071
113.989
121.491
110.881
109.776

110.188
113.987
117.572
110.752
109.892

110.255
113.771
114.081
110.655
110.042

110.336
113.836
117.093
110.921
110.139

110.410
113.919
119.857
111.178
110.241

110.453
114.211
120.814
111.273
110.257

110.459
114.292
124.227
111.376
110.141

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

0.2
0.0
0.1
–0.1
0.2

0.0
–0.3
–0.1
–0.4
0.1

–0.1
–0.6
–0.2
–0.7
0.2

–0.1
–0.4
–0.3
–0.5
0.0

0.2
0.4
–0.3
0.7
0.1

0.2
0.4
0.0
0.6
0.1

0.1
0.1
–0.1
0.2
0.1

0.2
0.3
–0.3
0.6
0.1

0.2
0.3
–0.1
0.1
0.1

0.0
0.2
–1.4
0.0
0.1

0.1
0.0
–3.2
–0.1
0.1

0.1
–0.2
–3.0
–0.1
0.1

0.1
0.1
2.6
0.2
0.1

0.1
0.1
2.4
0.2
0.1

0.0
0.3
0.8
0.1
0.0

0.0
0.1
2.8
0.1
–0.1

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Food consists of food and beverages purchased for off-premises consumption; food services, which include purchased meals and beverages, are not classified as food.
2. Consists of gasoline and other energy goods and of electricity and gas services.
3. Market-based PCE is a supplemental measure that is based on household expenditures for which there are observable price measures. It excludes most imputed transactions (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
2010
March
Disposable personal income......................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

April r

1.0
1.5
5.1
10.0
2.8
–0.2

May r

0.8
1.6
5.0
9.8
2.9
–0.1

June r

–0.4
1.8
4.3
8.1
2.5
0.6

July r
1.4
1.9
4.2
7.3
2.9
0.7

August r
1.7
2.0
3.9
6.5
2.8
1.1

2.1
1.4
1.9
–0.4
3.0
1.2

September r
2.1
2.4
5.0
10.6
2.5
1.2

October p
2.5
2.3
5.0
10.6
2.4
1.1

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the second quarter of 2010.

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2010
March
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)..............................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy.................................................
Food 1 ........................................................................................
Energy goods and services 2 .....................................................
Market-based PCE 3 ..................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 .......................

April

May

July r

June

August r

September r

October p

2.5
3.4
–1.0
5.6
2.0

2.3
2.9
–1.1
4.8
2.0

2.1
2.2
–1.3
3.8
2.0

1.4
0.3
–1.7
1.2
1.9

1.5
0.8
–1.4
1.8
1.9

1.4
0.6
–1.0
1.4
1.8

1.4
0.5
–1.4
1.4
1.8

1.3
0.7
–1.9
2.0
1.5

1.8
–0.5
20.1
2.2
1.3

1.5
0.1
19.7
2.0
1.1

1.5
0.4
15.3
1.8
1.1

1.4
0.2
3.4
1.1
1.1

1.4
0.7
5.5
1.3
1.1

1.3
0.7
3.9
1.2
1.1

1.2
1.3
4.1
1.2
1.0

0.9
1.3
6.3
1.1
0.7

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