Table 1110. Deciles of income before taxes: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2018 

 (Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated) 

Item Aggregate 

Lowest 

10

percent 

Second 

10

percent 

Third 

10

percent 

Fourth 

10

percent 

Fifth 

10

percent 

Sixth 

10

percent 

Seventh 

10

percent 

Eighth 

10

percent 

Ninth 

10

percent 

Highest 

10

percent 

Number of consumer units (in thousands) ................................ 131,439 13,169 13,164 13,156 13,159 13,117 13,079 13,124 13,097 13,207 13,167 

Percent distribution of consumer units ................................ 100.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 

Consumer unit characteristics (mean values): 

 Income before taxes ................................................................$78,635 $5,724 $16,848 $26,306 $36,167 $47,738 $62,083 $79,250 $101,729 $138,383 $271,773 

 Income after taxes ................................................................ 67,241 5,947 17,445 26,592 35,805 45,489 56,950 71,072 88,835 117,022 207,024 

 Age of reference person ................................................................51.1 48.0 59.4 56.6 53.7 51.0 48.8 48.1 47.7 48.4 49.4 

 Average number in consumer unit: 

 People ................................................................................................ 2.5 1.6 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.2 

 Children under 18 ................................................................ .6 .3 .3 .4 .5 .5 .6 .8 .7 .8 .8 

 Adults 65 and older ................................................................ .4 .3 .6 .6 .6 .5 .4 .3 .3 .2 .2 

 Earners ................................................................................................ 1.3 .5 .5 .7 .9 1.2 1.4 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.1 

 Vehicles ................................................................................................ 1.9 .9 1.1 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.7 2.8 

Percent distribution: 

 Reference person: 

 Men................................................................................................47 40 34 44 44 47 49 51 52 54 58 

 Women ................................................................................................ 53 60 66 56 56 53 51 49 48 46 42 

 Housing tenure: 

 Homeowner ................................................................................................ 63 32 50 54 58 60 62 69 75 84 90 

 With mortgage ................................................................ 37 11 14 17 23 32 36 48 55 63 71 

 Without mortgage ................................................................ 26 21 36 38 35 28 26 21 20 21 19 

 Renter ................................................................................................ 37 68 50 46 42 40 38 31 25 16 10 

 Race of reference person: 

 Black or African-American ................................................................ 13 21 18 16 14 13 13 12 9 10 6 

 White, Asian, and all other races ................................................................ 87 79 82 84 86 87 87 88 91 90 94 

 Hispanic or Latino origin of reference person: 

 Hispanic or Latino ................................................................ 13 15 13 16 16 16 15 14 12 10 6 

 Not Hispanic or Latino ................................................................ 87 85 87 84 84 84 85 86 88 90 94 

 Education of reference person: 

 Elementary (1-8) ................................................................ 3 5 6 5 3 3 3 2 2 1 ( 1 ) 

 High school (9-12) ................................................................ 30 43 48 43 38 33 27 22 20 16 8 

 College ................................................................................................ 67 51 46 52 59 64 70 76 79 83 92 

 Never attended and other ................................................................ ( 1 ) 1 1 ( 1 ) ( 1 ) ( 1 ) ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 1 ) ( 1 ) ( 1 ) 

 At least one vehicle owned or leased ................................ 88 59 74 86 92 94 93 95 96 98 96 

Annual aggregate expenditures ................................................................ $8,043,521 4.1 4.5 6.1 7.0 8.0 8.8 10.4 12.1 15.6 23.3 

 Food................................................................................................ 1,039,471 5.3 5.1 7.3 7.5 8.5 9.1 10.9 12.7 14.1 19.6 

 Food at home ................................................................ 585,605 6.0 6.2 8.2 8.0 8.7 9.6 11.0 11.8 13.4 17.2 

 Cereals and bakery products ................................................................ 74,683 5.9 6.2 8.3 8.2 8.4 9.6 11.2 11.8 13.5 16.9 

 Cereals and cereal products................................................................ 23,301 6.0 6.2 8.2 8.0 7.9 9.5 10.9 12.1 14.7 16.3 

 Bakery products ................................................................51,382 5.8 6.3 8.4 8.3 8.6 9.6 11.4 11.7 12.9 17.1 

 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................................................ 126,032 6.1 6.1 8.2 8.2 8.8 9.4 10.8 12.2 12.9 17.3 

 Beef ................................................................................................ 33,249 6.0 5.4 8.2 7.5 8.7 9.4 11.5 12.3 13.3 17.6 

 Pork ................................................................................................ 23,605 6.7 6.6 8.7 8.3 9.7 10.5 10.7 11.0 13.1 14.7 

 Other meats ................................................................ 16,979 5.9 5.3 7.8 9.2 8.8 10.1 10.8 12.3 12.8 17.0 

 Poultry ................................................................................................ 23,651 5.9 6.7 8.0 8.3 8.6 9.0 10.6 12.9 13.2 16.8 

 Fish and seafood ................................................................ 20,168 5.7 6.2 8.2 8.0 8.6 8.0 9.9 12.9 11.5 20.9 

 Eggs ................................................................................................ 8,380 6.3 6.7 8.0 8.4 8.6 9.8 10.3 11.6 13.8 16.6 

 Dairy products ................................................................ 58,917 5.5 6.6 7.8 8.0 8.3 9.6 11.4 11.6 14.1 17.2 

 Fresh milk and cream ................................................................ 19,225 6.4 7.5 8.3 8.3 8.4 9.8 11.3 11.4 12.9 15.7 

 Other dairy products ................................................................ 39,692 5.0 6.2 7.6 7.8 8.3 9.4 11.4 11.7 14.7 17.9 

 Fruits and vegetables................................................................ 112,519 5.6 6.3 8.1 7.8 8.5 9.9 10.9 11.5 13.8 17.6 

 Fresh fruits ................................................................ 41,670 5.7 6.2 8.0 7.5 8.1 9.6 10.8 11.7 14.1 18.4 

 Fresh vegetables ................................................................ 37,063 5.5 6.2 7.7 7.3 8.7 10.2 10.8 11.4 13.5 18.7 

 Processed fruits ................................................................14,951 5.1 6.4 8.6 8.6 8.8 10.3 11.4 12.0 13.1 15.7 

 Processed vegetables ................................................................ 18,835 6.0 6.3 8.7 9.1 9.0 9.9 10.9 10.9 14.2 14.9 

 Other food at home ................................................................ 213,454 6.3 6.0 8.3 8.0 8.9 9.5 10.9 11.7 13.3 17.1 

 Sugar and other sweets ................................................................ 19,743 6.1 6.0 8.6 9.3 8.5 8.9 11.3 10.5 14.4 16.3 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1110. Deciles of income before taxes: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2018 —

Continued 

 (Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated) 

Item Aggregate 

Lowest 

10

percent 

Second 

10

percent 

Third 

10

percent 

Fourth 

10

percent 

Fifth 

10

percent 

Sixth 

10

percent 

Seventh 

10

percent 

Eighth 

10

percent 

Ninth 

10

percent 

Highest 

10

percent 

 Fats and oils ................................................................ 15,452 6.0 6.0 8.8 8.6 8.9 9.4 11.9 11.4 13.6 15.4 

 Miscellaneous foods ................................................................ 113,442 6.1 5.9 8.0 7.8 8.8 9.8 10.5 12.3 13.5 17.3 

 Nonalcoholic beverages ................................................................ 57,406 6.9 6.5 9.1 8.1 9.3 9.4 11.7 11.1 12.1 15.9 

 Food prepared by consumer unit on 

 out-of-town trips ................................................................7,412 3.9 3.7 4.2 6.4 8.3 9.0 9.1 11.7 16.3 27.4 

 Food away from home ................................................................ 453,865 4.3 3.8 6.1 6.8 8.2 8.5 10.9 13.8 15.0 22.7 

 Alcoholic beverages ................................................................ 76,468 3.6 2.1 5.1 5.5 7.6 9.1 9.0 14.2 14.4 29.5 

 Housing ................................................................................................ 2,640,250 4.9 5.6 6.9 7.4 8.5 9.2 10.4 11.6 14.2 21.3 

 Shelter ................................................................................................ 1,544,072 5.1 5.8 7.0 7.0 8.3 9.2 10.4 11.8 13.7 21.8 

 Owned dwellings ................................................................877,720 2.6 3.7 4.9 5.2 6.5 7.7 10.1 12.7 17.4 29.3 

 Mortgage interest and charges ................................ 364,770 2.0 2.0 3.1 3.7 5.8 7.5 11.1 14.1 19.6 31.2 

 Property taxes ................................................................289,139 3.2 3.9 5.3 5.9 6.8 7.6 9.6 11.6 16.4 29.8 

 Maintenance, repairs, insurance, other 

 expenses ................................................................ 223,811 2.9 6.1 7.3 6.6 7.3 8.1 9.1 11.8 15.1 25.7 

 Rented dwellings ................................................................558,452 9.5 9.7 11.1 10.2 11.4 11.9 11.4 10.4 7.5 7.1 

 Other lodging ................................................................ 107,901 2.3 2.3 3.2 5.5 6.3 7.2 8.2 11.6 16.8 36.8 

 Utilities, fuels, and public services ................................ 532,153 5.3 6.7 7.9 8.9 9.5 9.9 11.0 11.8 13.4 15.5 

 Natural gas ................................................................ 53,888 5.2 6.6 7.9 8.4 9.3 9.4 10.4 11.5 14.0 17.3 

 Electricity ................................................................................................ 196,651 6.3 7.8 8.7 9.5 9.9 9.8 10.7 11.0 12.0 14.3 

 Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................................ 15,964 4.1 8.8 9.3 8.8 7.7 8.4 7.3 10.4 13.7 21.5 

 Telephone services ................................................................ 184,982 4.6 5.4 7.0 8.5 9.3 10.4 11.6 13.0 14.7 15.5 

 Residential phone service, VOIP, and phone 

 cards ................................................................................................ 28,853 6.9 10.1 10.9 11.1 9.6 9.0 9.1 9.5 11.0 12.8 

 Cellular phone service ................................................................ 156,129 4.2 4.5 6.3 8.0 9.3 10.7 12.1 13.6 15.3 16.0 

 Water and other public services ................................ 80,668 4.8 6.5 7.7 8.9 9.7 9.7 11.3 11.9 13.8 15.8 

 Household operations ................................................................ 200,080 3.3 4.4 5.3 6.6 6.7 7.4 9.4 10.6 15.7 30.6 

 Personal services ................................................................62,046 2.0 2.6 2.3 3.8 4.2 4.1 9.1 10.3 19.9 41.8 

 Other household expenses ................................................................ 138,034 3.9 5.2 6.6 7.9 7.8 8.8 9.6 10.8 13.8 25.6 

 Housekeeping supplies ................................................................ 98,029 6.5 5.6 7.1 8.4 10.0 8.1 10.7 11.8 13.7 18.1 

 Laundry and cleaning supplies ................................................................ 24,108 4.9 6.4 8.9 8.5 12.2 8.4 10.7 11.5 13.1 15.4 

 Other household products ................................................................ 56,598 7.8 5.3 6.0 8.1 9.6 7.9 11.0 12.2 13.3 18.9 

 Postage and stationery ................................................................ 17,323 4.6 5.5 8.1 9.6 8.2 8.1 9.8 10.9 15.8 19.3 

 Household furnishings and equipment ................................265,917 3.9 3.4 5.3 6.5 8.6 9.9 9.8 11.3 17.3 23.8 

 Household textiles ................................................................14,576 4.6 6.0 8.2 6.6 9.0 7.7 10.4 9.3 19.0 19.1 

 Furniture ................................................................................................ 68,141 3.6 3.0 5.5 7.0 7.3 8.1 10.2 12.7 20.6 22.0 

 Floor coverings ................................................................ 3,327 3.2 2.2 3.0 4.1 5.8 8.3 12.6 14.3 16.0 30.4 

 Major appliances ................................................................ 39,911 2.7 3.7 5.7 6.9 9.3 8.4 12.0 11.1 13.9 26.4 

 Small appliances, miscellaneous housewares ................................ 15,545 4.0 5.4 7.6 8.0 7.4 9.9 10.9 11.0 17.0 18.9 

 Miscellaneous household equipment ................................124,416 4.4 3.1 4.4 6.0 9.4 11.8 8.7 10.9 16.4 25.0 

 Apparel and services ................................................................244,915 4.1 3.9 7.0 6.7 7.0 9.3 9.6 12.9 14.7 24.8 

 Men and boys ................................................................ 55,134 3.8 3.2 4.6 7.0 7.7 9.1 10.9 12.7 13.9 27.1 

 Men, 16 and over ................................................................44,202 4.0 3.1 4.4 7.1 7.5 8.8 10.7 12.7 13.5 28.0 

 Boys, 2 to 15 ................................................................ 10,932 2.7 3.5 5.1 6.4 8.7 10.5 11.9 12.8 15.3 23.2 

 Women and girls ................................................................ 99,043 3.4 4.0 7.4 7.3 7.7 8.2 8.6 12.2 16.0 25.2 

 Women, 16 and over................................................................ 83,668 3.6 4.2 7.6 7.6 8.0 8.6 8.8 11.5 15.5 24.5 

 Girls, 2 to 15 ................................................................ 15,376 2.4 2.9 6.4 5.2 5.7 5.7 7.8 16.1 18.7 29.1 

 Children under 2 ................................................................ 10,242 36.0 5.9 5.9 6.5 8.8 7.1 12.2 16.8 13.6 17.3 

 Footwear ................................................................................................ 51,372 4.4 4.4 8.7 6.5 5.6 12.9 9.7 14.5 14.2 19.1 

 Other apparel products and services ................................ 29,124 5.6 3.7 7.5 4.8 5.3 7.5 9.3 11.5 12.8 31.9 

 Transportation ................................................................................................ 1,282,692 3.6 4.1 6.3 7.5 8.1 9.6 10.6 12.5 16.9 20.9 

 Vehicle purchases (net outlay)................................................................ 522,435 3.0 3.3 5.9 7.6 7.4 9.4 10.0 12.7 19.3 21.5 

 Cars and trucks, new ................................................................ 239,926 2.9 2.4 6.3 8.6 7.5 9.1 7.8 11.1 20.3 24.1 

 Cars and trucks, used ................................................................ 273,899 3.2 4.2 5.6 6.8 7.1 9.7 11.9 13.8 18.8 18.9 

 Other vehicles ................................................................ 8,610 32.0 3

.3 32.8 3.5 315.1 10.3 310.1 21.8 39.4 327.7 

 Gasoline, other fuels, and motor oil ................................ 277,165 4.6 4.8 6.6 8.3 9.3 10.3 11.5 13.1 15.4 16.0 

 Other vehicle expenses ................................................................ 375,532 3.6 5.0 7.0 7.6 8.8 9.8 11.2 11.8 15.2 20.0 

 Vehicle finance charges ................................................................ 29,143 2.4 3.1 4.3 6.7 8.5 9.8 12.6 14.7 18.7 19.3 

 Maintenance and repairs ................................................................ 116,921 4.3 4.7 8.1 8.8 8.7 9.7 10.8 11.6 15.4 17.8 

 Vehicle insurance ................................................................128,054 33.4 6.9 8.4 8.2 10.1 10.2 11.0 11.1 14.3 16.4 

 Vehicle rental, leases, licenses, and other 

 charges ................................................................................................ 101,413 3.4 3.4 4.6 5.7 7.2 9.5 11.4 12.1 15.2 27.4 

 Public and other transportation ................................................................ 107,561 3.5 2.7 5.5 5.3 5.7 7.7 8.7 12.6 14.8 33.7 

 Healthcare ................................................................................................ 652,982 3.9 6.1 7.4 8.7 9.0 9.6 11.0 12.6 14.0 17.7 

 Health insurance ................................................................ 447,507 3.9 6.4 7.5 8.8 8.9 9.6 11.2 12.8 13.9 16.9 

See footnotes at end of table. 
Table 1110. Deciles of income before taxes: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2018 —

Continued 

 (Aggregates in millions of dollars, unless otherwise indicated) 

Item Aggregate 

Lowest 

10

percent 

Second 

10

percent 

Third 

10

percent 

Fourth 

10

percent 

Fifth 

10

percent 

Sixth 

10

percent 

Seventh 

10

percent 

Eighth 

10

percent 

Ninth 

10

percent 

Highest 

10

percent 

 Medical services ................................................................ 119,426 3.5 4.2 6.2 7.6 8.6 9.0 10.2 12.8 16.2 21.8 

 Drugs ................................................................................................ 63,492 4.7 7.9 8.4 10.6 10.4 10.4 10.5 10.7 11.4 14.8 

 Medical supplies ................................................................ 22,556 2.6 6.4 8.7 6.8 9.3 9.7 11.3 12.4 12.8 20.0 

 Entertainment ................................................................................................ 423,720 4.2 4.2 4.8 8.8 8.3 7.4 10.8 10.8 16.5 24.1 

 Fees and admissions ................................................................ 100,636 3.9 2.1 2.9 4.2 5.2 6.9 9.2 12.0 16.6 37.1 

 Audio and visual equipment and services ................................ 135,311 5.1 6.2 7.5 8.6 9.1 9.8 10.5 11.6 13.8 17.8 

 Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground equipment ................................ 107,134 3.1 5.2 4.9 6.3 10.7 8.1 11.3 11.1 17.6 21.8 

 Pets ................................................................................................ 86,945 3.0 5.7 4.6 6.5 10.6 7.7 11.2 10.5 18.4 21.7 

 Toys, hobbies, and playground equipment ................................ 20,189 3.3 2.8 6.0 5.2 11.2 9.9 12.0 13.9 13.8 22.0 

 Other entertainment supplies, equipment, and 

 services ................................................................................................ 80,639 4.8 2.4 2.3 18.2 7.7 3.3 12.8 7.5 19.5 21.5 

 Personal care products and services ................................ 100,865 4.3 4.7 6.0 7.3 8.2 8.7 11.6 11.5 15.5 22.0 

 Reading ................................................................................................ 14,178 6.0 6.6 9.8 7.8 8.7 7.9 10.8 10.6 13.4 18.3 

 Education ................................................................................................ 184,932 8.6 2.3 2.6 3.3 4.5 5.9 6.9 10.0 18.0 38.0 

 Tobacco products and smoking supplies ................................ 45,556 8.3 9.5 9.4 11.0 11.8 11.1 11.2 11.8 9.4 6.6 

 Miscellaneous ................................................................................................ 130,444 4.5 4.1 7.2 8.4 9.4 9.5 10.5 10.9 14.3 21.2 

 Cash contributions ................................................................ 248,127 2.6 4.1 5.9 5.9 6.6 7.4 9.3 10.3 16.0 31.9 

 Personal insurance and pensions ................................................................ 958,921 .9 1.0 2.1 3.5 6.4 7.2 10.4 13.2 20.1 35.2 

 Life and other personal insurance ................................ 61,099 2.8 4.6 5.6 7.3 7.0 7.0 9.3 12.0 15.5 28.9 

 Pensions and Social Security ................................................................ 897,823 .8 .8 1.9 3.3 6.3 7.2 10.5 13.2 20.5 35.6 

Sources of income and personal taxes: 

 Money income before taxes ................................................................ $10,335,717 .7 2.1 3.3 4.6 6.1 7.9 10.1 12.9 17.7 34.6 

 Wages and salaries ................................................................ 8,090,941 .3 .8 2.0 3.4 5.4 7.7 10.5 14.0 19.2 36.7 

 Self-employment income ................................................................ 687,710 ( 1 ) .7 1.4 2.2 3.3 5.1 7.0 8.7 16.4 55.3 

 Social Security, private and government 

 retirement ................................................................................................ 1,138,817 2.4 10.9 13.2 14.2 12.7 11.1 9.8 9.0 9.1 7.6 

 Interest, dividends, rental income, other 

 property income ................................................................255,147 .4 .9 2.7 3.3 4.6 6.4 6.0 9.3 15.9 50.4 

 Public assistance, Supplemental Security 

 Income, Supplementary Nutrition Assistance 

 Program (SNAP) ................................................................ 59,199 24.5 23.2 15.0 13.3 8.3 5.8 3.6 2.9 2.0 31.4 

 Unemployment and workers' compensation, 

 veterans' benefits, and regular contributions 

 for support ................................................................................................ 62,650 3.8 8.0 6.8 8.2 8.2 9.7 16.2 11.0 16.2 11.9 

 Other income ................................................................ 41,253 16.6 13.1 11.5 5.5 6.6 10.0 7.6 8.0 8.7 12.3 

 Personal taxes (contains some imputed values) ................................ 1,497,670 -.2 -.5 -.3 .3 2.0 4.5 7.2 11.3 18.8 56.9 

 Federal income taxes ................................................................ 1,187,149 -.2 -.6 -.4 ( 1 ) 1.7 4.2 6.8 10.8 18.8 58.9 

 State and local income taxes ................................................................ 300,289 -.3 -.3 .4 1.4 3.0 5.5 8.5 12.2 19.4 50.3 

 Other taxes ................................................................................................ 10,232 2.0 4.3 4.1 3.7 4.9 6.0 7.2 38.8 8.9 20.2 

 Income after taxes ................................................................8,838,047 .9 2.6 4.0 5.3 6.8 8.4 10.6 13.2 17.5 30.8 

1

 Value is too small to display. 

2

 No data reported. 

3

 Data are likely to have large sampling errors. 

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September, 2019