Wages and salaries paid in United States

Wages and salaries paid in the United States was $12.97 trillion in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 4.6% from 2024.

2025, USD million12,969,586

Change on 2024+4.6%

Series high12,969,5862025

Series low28,9351933

Next release: Wednesday, 31 March 2027, 08:30 ET, announced by BEA. Release calendar

Wages and salaries paid in United States, 1929 to 2025

USD million. Source: BEA, SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, wages and salaries, millions of current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 97 values

Period	USD million
2025	12,969,586
2024	12,404,924
2023	11,729,818
2022	11,116,310
2021	10,302,909
2020	9,449,132
2019	9,313,643
2018	8,888,150
2017	8,469,518
2016	8,086,749
2015	7,851,802
2014	7,467,705
2013	7,104,786
2012	6,918,166
2011	6,615,753
2010	6,363,368
2009	6,241,491
2008	6,531,099
2007	6,392,832
2006	6,051,357
2005	5,688,398
2004	5,416,803
2003	5,133,728
2002	4,992,622
2001	4,950,126
2000	4,823,765
1999	4,456,769
1998	4,177,471
1997	3,872,714
1996	3,612,299
1995	3,413,758
1994	3,231,494
1993	3,072,485
1992	2,956,907
1991	2,801,967
1990	2,729,857
1989	2,572,279
1988	2,428,973
1987	2,246,552
1986	2,093,721
1985	1,972,752
1984	1,835,609
1983	1,668,739
1982	1,579,008
1981	1,503,905
1980	1,366,990
1979	1,248,272
1978	1,115,885
1977	988,970
1976	894,943
1975	810,075
1974	767,390
1973	703,743
1972	633,484
1971	579,284
1970	545,441
1969	512,186
1968	465,671
1967	423,437
1966	395,507
1965	359,922
1964	334,294
1963	311,743
1962	296,368
1961	277,777
1960	270,156
1959	258,198.9
1958	239,451.4
1957	238,572.4
1956	227,721.3
1955	210,663.4
1954	195,820.1
1953	197,343.9
1952	183,966.9
1951	170,163.3
1950	146,518.3
1949	133,285
1948	134,098
1947	121,545
1946	109,748
1945	110,553
1944	110,909
1943	102,686
1942	80,991
1941	61,757
1940	49,694
1939	45,848
1938	42,886
1937	46,017
1936	41,832
1935	36,614
1934	33,639
1933	28,935
1932	30,413
1931	39,053
1930	46,110
1929	50,356

Rankings

US states by wages and salaries paid 51 places

Definition

Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.

Counted where the jobs are, not where the workers live, so places with many commuters coming in can pay more in wages than their residents receive in personal income (the District of Columbia does). Excludes employer contributions to pensions, insurance and social security, and the income of the self-employed.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, wages and salaries, millions of current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, wages and salaries, millions of current dollars, United States and states (Wages and salaries paid, United States, 1929 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip

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SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, wages and salaries, millions of current dollars, United States and states, Wages and salaries paid, United States, 1929 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/wages-and-salaries/united-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, wages and salaries, millions of current dollars, United States and states. Wages and salaries paid, United States, 1929 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/wages-and-salaries/united-states.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, wages and salaries, millions of current dollars, United States and states, Wages and salaries paid, United States, 1929 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/wages-and-salaries/united-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis}},
  title = {{SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, wages and salaries, millions of current dollars, United States and states: Wages and salaries paid, United States, 1929 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/wages-and-salaries/united-states. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, wages and salaries, millions of current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Wages and salaries paid in the United States was $12.97 trillion in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 4.6% from 2024.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, wages and salaries, millions of current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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$12.97 trillion in 2025, the highest value since 1929 in this series.

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