Distribution Table 2019 002 

Distribution of Income by Source 

(2019 Income Levels) 

Adjusted Family Positive Capital Income 

Negative 

Capital Income2 

Corporate 

Income Tax Cash Income 

Decile1 

Family Cash 

Income Transfer Income Labor Income 

Total Positive 

Capital Income 

Normal Capital 

Income 

Supernormal 

Capital Income 

--- Billions of Dollars ---

0 to 102 89.5 38.8 49.8 4.7 1.9 2.8 -3.7 0.4 

10 to 20 297.0 120.2 170.6 10.1 4.4 5.7 -4.7 1.0 

20 to 30 446.2 155.1 288.0 8.6 4.3 4.3 -6.8 1.5 

30 to 40 595.1 170.0 419.4 13.7 7.8 5.9 -10.2 2.5 

40 to 50 798.7 176.5 605.5 25.7 15.0 10.7 -13.1 4.1 

50 to 60 

60 to 70 

70 to 80 

80 to 90 

90 to 100 

1,066.9 

1,403.5 

1,860.8 

2,568.7 

7,337.3 

193.8 

215.2 

204.9 

193.5 

208.2 

826.6 

1,099.0 

1,513.4 

2,114.9 

4,534.3 

52.0 

90.0 

138.0 

242.3 

2,186.6 

32.8 

57.7 

89.5 

157.5 

1,229.8 

19.2 

32.3 

48.5 

84.8 

956.8 

-12.9 

-13.0 

-15.1 

-17.4 

-47.6 

6.8 

10.5 

15.5 

25.1 

175.0 

Total2 16,424.3 1,680.7 11,633.9 2,773.3 1,599.4 1,173.9 -181.5 243.0 

90 to 95 

95 to 99 

99 to 99.9 

Top .1 

1,807.9 

2,442.7 

1,608.4 

1,478.2 

93.9 

88.5 

23.0 

2.8 

1,460.0 

1,762.9 

892.2 

419.2 

228.8 

517.7 

563.4 

876.7 

147.0 

336.6 

309.7 

436.5 

81.8 

181.1 

253.7 

440.2 

-10.3 

-15.2 

-13.4 

-8.7 

21.2 

39.3 

42.3 

72.2 

--- Percent Distribution of Income Across Deciles ---

0 to 102 0.5 2.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 2.0 0.2 

10 to 20 1.8 7.2 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.5 2.6 0.4 

20 to 30 2.7 9.2 2.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 3.7 0.6 

30 to 40 3.6 10.1 3.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 5.6 1.0 

40 to 50 4.9 10.5 5.2 0.9 0.9 0.9 7.2 1.7 

50 to 60 6.5 11.5 7.1 1.9 2.1 1.6 7.1 2.8 

60 to 70 8.5 12.8 9.4 3.2 3.6 2.8 7.1 4.3 

70 to 80 11.3 12.2 13.0 5.0 5.6 4.1 8.3 6.4 

80 to 90 15.6 11.5 18.2 8.7 9.8 7.2 9.6 10.3 

90 to 100 44.7 12.4 39.0 78.8 76.9 81.5 26.2 72.0 

Total2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 

90 to 95 11.0 5.6 12.5 8.3 9.2 7.0 5.7 8.7 

95 to 99 14.9 5.3 15.2 18.7 21.0 15.4 8.4 16.2 

99 to 99.9 9.8 1.4 7.7 20.3 19.4 21.6 7.4 17.4 

Top .1 9.0 0.2 3.6 31.6 27.3 37.5 4.8 29.7 

--- Percent Distribution of Income Source Within Decile ---

0 to 102 100.0 43.4 55.6 5.2 2.1 3.1 -4.1 0.4 

10 to 20 100.0 40.5 57.5 3.4 1.5 1.9 -1.6 0.3 

20 to 30 100.0 34.8 64.5 1.9 1.0 1.0 -1.5 0.3 

30 to 40 100.0 28.6 70.5 2.3 1.3 1.0 -1.7 0.4 

40 to 50 100.0 22.1 75.8 3.2 1.9 1.3 -1.6 0.5 

50 to 60 100.0 18.2 77.5 4.9 3.1 1.8 -1.2 0.6 

60 to 70 100.0 15.3 78.3 6.4 4.1 2.3 -0.9 0.7 

70 to 80 100.0 11.0 81.3 7.4 4.8 2.6 -0.8 0.8 

80 to 90 100.0 7.5 82.3 9.4 6.1 3.3 -0.7 1.0 

90 to 100 100.0 2.8 61.8 29.8 16.8 13.0 -0.6 2.4 

Total2 100.0 10.2 70.8 16.9 9.7 7.1 -1.1 1.5 

90 to 95 100.0 5.2 80.8 12.7 8.1 4.5 -0.6 1.2 

95 to 99 100.0 3.6 72.2 21.2 13.8 7.4 -0.6 1.6 

99 to 99.9 100.0 1.4 55.5 35.0 19.3 15.8 -0.8 2.6 

Top .1 100.0 0.2 28.4 59.3 29.5 29.8 -0.6 4.9 

1

 Cash Income consists of wages and salaries, net income from a business or farm, taxable and tax-exempt interest, dividends, rental 

income, realized capital gains, unrealized gains at death, cash and near-cash transfers from the government, retirement benefits, and 

employer-provided health insurance (and other employer benefits). Employer contributions for payroll taxes and the federal corporate 

income tax are added to place cash on a pre-tax basis. Families are placed into deciles based on cash income adjusted for family size, by 

dividing income by the square root of family size. 

2

 Families with negative incomes are excluded from the lowest income decile but included in the total line. Families with negative income 

have a significant share of negative capital income. 

Note: Percentiles begin at family size-adjusted cash income of: $9,319 for 10 to 20; $15,931 for 20 to 30; $21,925 for 30 to 40; $29,391 

for 40 to 50; $39,251 for 50 to 60; $51,389 for 60 to 70; $66,094 for 70 to 80; $86,481 for 80 to 90; $123,716 for 90 to 95; $172,205 for 95 

to 99; $399,008 for 99 to 99.9 and $1,792,793 for Top .1.