Table 1110. Deciles of income before taxes: Shares of annual aggregate expenditures and sources of income, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2015

(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) ......................................... 128,437 12,886 12,787 12,800 12,762 12,853 12,847 12,862 12,867 12,897 12,876

Percent distribution of consumer units 100.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 9.9 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0

Consumer unit characteristics (mean

values):

Income before taxes .......................... $69,627 $6,063 $15,806 $23,902 $32,797 $43,280 $55,934 $70,812 $90,810 $120,634 $235,160

Income after taxes ............................. 60,448 6,350 16,522 24,461 33,006 41,678 51,938 64,275 80,472 103,181 181,774

Age of reference person .................... 50.5 48.1 58.4 55.0 52.3 50.3 48.3 48.2 47.5 48.0 49.4

Average number in consumer unit:

People .............................................. 2.5 1.6 1.7 2.0 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1

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

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

Earners ............................................ 1.3 .5 .5 .7 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.1

Vehicles ........................................... 1.9 .8 1.0 1.3 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.8

Percent distribution:

Reference person:

Men .................................................. 47 39 35 42 43 47 49 50 54 55 56

Women ............................................. 53 61 65 58 57 53 51 50 46 45 44

Housing tenure:

Homeowner ...................................... 62 31 46 52 55 58 63 71 75 84 89

With mortgage ................................ 35 10 12 15 20 28 36 47 56 63 66

Without mortgage ........................... 27 21 34 37 34 30 26 23 20 21 23

Renter .............................................. 38 69 54 48 45 42 37 29 25 16 11

Race of reference person:

Black or African-American ............... 13 20 18 16 15 14 12 12 9 8 5

White, Asian, and all other races ..... 87 80 82 84 85 86 88 88 91 92 95

Hispanic or Latino origin of reference

person:

Hispanic or Latino ............................ 13 14 13 16 17 17 15 13 11 9 6

Not Hispanic or Latino ...................... 87 86 87 84 83 83 85 87 89 91 94

Education of reference person:

Elementary (1-8) .............................. 3 6 7 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 ( )

High school (9-12) ............................ 32 44 47 45 43 36 31 27 24 17 10

College ............................................. 64 50 45 50 53 60 66 71 75 83 90

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

At least one vehicle owned or leased 87 57 68 81 90 93 94 96 97 98 97

Annual aggregate expenditures ........... $7,186,766 4.2 4.5 5.8 6.7 7.5 8.9 10.4 12.3 15.7 23.9

Food ................................................... 900,446 5.5 5.2 6.5 7.8 7.6 9.0 10.7 12.6 15.0 20.2

Food at home ................................... 514,702 6.4 6.1 7.3 9.0 8.1 9.1 10.6 12.1 13.8 17.7

Cereals and bakery products ......... 66,391 6.6 6.2 7.4 9.3 8.2 9.1 10.2 12.9 13.2 16.8

Cereals and cereal products ........ 22,068 7.4 6.4 7.3 9.2 8.1 8.3 10.4 12.2 13.7 17.0

Bakery products ........................... 44,322 6.2 6.1 7.5 9.3 8.3 9.5 10.1 13.2 13.0 16.7

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ........ 114,849 6.7 6.4 7.5 9.8 8.3 8.8 11.2 11.3 13.6 16.3

Beef .............................................. 31,423 6.3 6.6 8.5 9.8 8.5 8.2 11.5 10.6 12.9 17.1

Pork .............................................. 21,158 7.1 6.6 9.0 10.9 8.0 8.5 11.5 11.0 13.5 13.8

Other meats ................................. 15,926 5.7 5.8 6.2 9.8 9.4 9.3 10.5 13.0 14.4 15.9

Poultry .......................................... 22,111 7.6 6.4 6.8 9.3 8.1 9.1 10.1 12.3 14.0 16.3

Fish and seafood ......................... 16,114 6.4 6.0 5.9 9.1 7.0 9.4 12.0 10.3 14.1 19.8

Eggs ............................................. 8,117 7.6 7.6 7.7 9.7 9.5 8.8 11.2 11.3 12.6 14.1

Dairy products ................................ 52,911 6.1 6.0 7.2 8.8 8.0 9.6 10.3 12.1 14.0 18.1

Fresh milk and cream .................. 17,918 6.7 6.7 8.0 9.1 8.8 9.1 10.8 11.5 13.1 16.3

Other dairy products .................... 34,993 5.8 5.6 6.8 8.6 7.5 9.8 10.1 12.4 14.5 19.0

Fruits and vegetables ..................... 98,557 6.5 6.1 6.9 9.2 7.8 8.9 10.5 11.9 13.6 18.5

Fresh fruits ................................... 36,381 5.9 5.6 7.0 8.9 8.1 8.8 10.7 12.1 13.7 19.2

Fresh vegetables ......................... 31,675 6.6 6.3 6.7 9.4 7.4 8.9 10.5 11.4 13.6 19.3

Processed fruits ........................... 13,806 6.3 6.6 6.8 8.8 8.1 9.5 10.4 12.5 13.3 17.7

Processed vegetables .................. 16,695 7.6 6.3 7.4 9.9 7.8 8.8 10.0 12.4 13.5 16.2

Other food at home ........................ 181,993 6.1 5.8 7.3 8.4 8.1 9.2 10.4 12.3 14.1 18.4

Sugar and other sweets ............... 19,899 5.7 5.3 6.9 7.5 7.8 8.0 9.3 12.0 13.9 23.7

Fats and oils ................................. 14,272 6.8 6.8 7.6 9.6 8.5 9.6 10.6 11.8 13.5 15.4

Miscellaneous foods .................... 93,116 5.9 5.7 7.1 8.2 8.1 9.3 10.6 12.5 14.5 18.0

Nonalcoholic beverages ............... 47,969 7.0 6.3 7.9 9.2 8.1 9.4 10.5 11.9 13.5 16.1

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, 2015 —

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

Food prepared by consumer unit

on out-of-town trips .................... 6,736 1.8 2.5 5.1 5.2 6.7 8.8 11.5 13.7 15.4 29.3

Food away from home ..................... 385,744 4.3 4.1 5.4 6.2 6.9 8.8 10.9 13.2 16.7 23.5

Alcoholic beverages ........................... 66,053 4.4 3.2 4.6 5.3 6.2 8.9 8.9 13.5 17.0 28.1

Housing .............................................. 2,364,054 5.1 5.7 6.7 7.2 8.1 9.0 10.3 11.9 14.3 21.7

Shelter .............................................. 1,379,703 5.3 5.9 6.7 6.9 7.9 8.8 10.2 11.8 14.2 22.3

Owned dwellings ............................ 797,604 2.5 3.4 4.4 4.9 6.2 7.8 10.7 13.4 18.2 28.4

Mortgage interest and charges .... 367,185 1.7 1.9 2.7 3.7 5.5 7.9 11.4 14.7 20.2 30.2

Property taxes .............................. 245,762 3.0 4.2 5.1 5.7 6.5 7.9 10.3 11.9 17.2 28.2

Maintenance, repairs, insurance,

other expenses .......................... 184,657 3.3 5.2 7.1 6.1 7.3 7.5 10.0 12.8 15.8 25.0

Rented dwellings ............................ 488,331 10.7 10.5 10.9 10.7 11.4 11.1 9.8 9.5 7.0 8.5

Other lodging ................................. 93,768 2.1 2.9 4.2 3.8 4.6 5.1 7.3 10.5 17.7 41.9

Utilities, fuels, and public services ... 498,993 5.5 6.5 7.8 8.6 9.3 10.1 11.1 11.9 13.6 15.6

Natural gas ..................................... 54,109 5.7 6.6 7.6 8.3 8.7 9.7 10.1 11.3 13.6 18.3

Electricity ........................................ 187,517 6.4 7.5 8.6 9.2 9.6 10.0 10.8 11.3 12.4 14.1

Fuel oil and other fuels ................... 14,944 4.4 7.5 7.8 8.1 8.9 9.2 10.1 9.9 12.9 21.4

Telephone services ........................ 173,020 4.7 5.5 7.2 8.3 9.4 10.4 11.7 12.5 14.6 15.7

Residential phone service, VOIP,

and phone cards ........................ 41,648 5.9 8.9 9.3 9.5 9.2 9.5 10.5 10.0 12.3 14.9

Cellular phone service ................. 131,372 4.3 4.4 6.5 7.9 9.5 10.6 12.1 13.4 15.3 15.9

Water and other public services ..... 69,403 5.0 6.0 7.5 8.3 9.0 9.9 11.2 12.6 14.2 16.2

Household operations ...................... 168,069 3.5 3.6 5.3 5.6 6.7 8.7 9.5 11.1 16.8 29.3

Personal services ........................... 54,815 2.9 1.3 3.1 3.6 4.5 9.7 9.1 10.8 21.5 33.5

Other household expenses ............ 113,254 3.7 4.7 6.4 6.5 7.7 8.3 9.7 11.2 14.5 27.3

Housekeeping supplies .................... 83,920 5.4 6.1 7.3 8.5 8.2 9.0 9.6 11.9 14.6 19.4

Laundry and cleaning supplies ...... 19,977 6.6 5.8 8.3 8.7 10.0 8.6 10.1 9.9 14.9 17.1

Other household products .............. 47,123 5.2 6.5 6.8 8.1 7.9 8.3 9.6 12.7 14.0 21.0

Postage and stationery .................. 16,820 4.7 5.4 7.6 9.2 7.0 11.4 8.8 12.0 16.1 17.8

Household furnishings and

equipment ...................................... 233,369 3.6 3.9 5.3 6.5 7.8 8.5 10.5 12.8 14.8 26.1

Household textiles .......................... 14,721 4.1 3.8 8.5 6.9 8.4 8.1 9.2 9.2 18.4 23.4

Furniture ......................................... 64,508 3.1 3.3 5.7 5.7 6.3 9.7 9.7 12.4 15.6 28.5

Floor coverings .............................. 2,277 2.8 5.1 7.7 6.0 6.4 5.6 10.5 10.3 18.7 26.9

Major appliances ............................ 34,442 3.6 6.1 6.4 7.3 7.7 8.2 12.0 14.0 14.3 20.4

Small appliances, miscellaneous

housewares .................................. 15,075 5.1 3.9 5.6 8.5 6.5 6.6 11.4 12.8 17.9 21.8

Miscellaneous household

equipment .................................... 102,348 3.7 3.6 4.1 6.3 9.0 8.3 10.6 13.3 13.5 27.6

Apparel and services ......................... 236,770 4.0 4.4 5.4 6.9 6.5 7.6 9.6 11.8 14.1 29.5

Men and boys .................................. 54,101 4.3 4.6 5.6 6.5 5.6 9.0 10.3 13.0 16.3 24.7

Men, 16 and over ........................... 42,437 4.5 4.7 5.4 6.2 5.3 8.8 9.7 13.3 16.0 26.1

Boys, 2 to 15 .................................. 11,665 3.6 4.0 6.2 7.9 6.7 9.9 12.4 12.0 17.5 19.8

Women and girls .............................. 89,390 4.4 5.3 5.3 7.8 5.8 7.7 10.0 12.1 13.6 28.0

Women, 16 and over ...................... 76,371 4.4 5.5 5.3 8.1 5.5 7.8 10.2 12.1 13.0 28.1

Girls, 2 to 15 ................................... 13,019 4.6 3.8 5.3 6.1 7.7 7.5 8.6 11.8 17.1 27.4

Children under 2 .............................. 10,617 2.6 23.2 8.9 6.9 11.3 6.1 7.9 14.1 10.9 28.1

Footwear .......................................... 45,358 3.8 3.7 5.4 7.5 6.3 7.7 9.8 13.2 16.4 26.2

Other apparel products and

services .......................................... 37,302 3.5 3.0 4.5 4.7 8.2 5.7 8.2 7.3 10.3 44.8

Transportation .................................... 1,220,227 3.8 3.7 5.7 6.8 8.5 10.1 11.4 12.5 17.4 20.2

Vehicle purchases (net outlay) ......... 513,354 2.9 2.7 4.7 6.6 8.7 9.9 12.1 12.9 18.9 20.5

Cars and trucks, new ..................... 251,280 2.1 1.7 3.7 6.3 9.6 8.6 10.2 13.2 20.0 24.7

Cars and trucks, used .................... 254,526 3.8 3.8 5.7 6.9 8.0 11.0 13.8 12.8 17.6 16.5

Other vehicles ................................ 7,548 21.3 2.7 24.1 22.8 25.7 215.8 217.0 26.9 29.8 215.9

Gasoline and motor oil ..................... 268,378 4.3 4.7 6.4 8.2 9.5 10.7 11.9 13.3 15.3 15.7

Other vehicle expenses ................... 353,650 4.9 4.3 6.7 6.7 8.1 10.3 10.8 11.8 17.1 19.1

Vehicle finance charges ................. 27,761 2.0 2.3 4.5 6.7 8.3 9.8 13.1 15.9 18.0 19.5

Maintenance and repairs ............... 107,445 3.8 4.7 6.1 7.9 9.2 10.6 11.3 11.8 15.4 19.3

Vehicle insurance ........................... 138,278 7.0 5.1 9.3 6.0 7.7 10.9 10.7 10.4 19.1 13.7

Vehicle rental, leases, licenses,

and other charges ........................ 80,166 3.6 3.2 4.0 6.3 7.3 9.1 9.5 13.0 15.8 28.1

Public and other transportation ........ 84,845 3.0 3.5 4.7 3.5 5.7 8.1 7.6 10.2 16.2 37.5

Healthcare .......................................... 557,632 3.5 5.4 7.4 8.3 8.6 9.7 11.7 12.9 14.8 17.8

Health insurance .............................. 382,399 3.5 5.2 7.2 8.3 8.9 9.9 12.1 13.1 14.7 17.2

Medical services .............................. 101,639 3.0 5.2 7.5 7.9 7.3 9.0 10.9 12.8 15.6 20.7

Drugs ............................................... 54,502 4.1 6.5 9.2 9.2 9.0 10.4 10.3 12.2 14.0 15.1

Medical supplies .............................. 19,093 3.7 7.3 6.9 7.7 8.4 8.1 11.2 11.3 14.7 20.7

Entertainment ..................................... 364,844 4.2 4.8 5.4 6.8 7.2 8.4 9.6 11.9 16.2 25.5

Fees and admissions ....................... 83,746 2.2 2.1 3.3 5.3 5.1 6.0 8.7 12.3 16.9 37.9

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, 2015 —

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

Audio and visual equipment and

services .......................................... 139,150 5.8 6.5 7.8 8.7 9.3 9.8 10.3 11.9 13.6 16.4

Pets, toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment ...................................... 83,773 4.8 4.7 5.0 6.9 7.2 9.8 10.2 12.5 16.4 22.4

Pets ................................................ 67,752 5.1 5.0 4.9 6.8 7.4 10.3 9.4 12.5 16.4 22.2

Toys, hobbies, and playground

equipment .................................... 16,021 3.6 3.2 5.6 7.6 6.1 7.7 13.5 12.5 16.8 23.4

Other entertainment supplies,

equipment, and services ................ 58,175 2.0 4.6 3.1 4.4 5.3 6.6 8.4 10.3 21.2 34.2

Personal care products and services 87,580 4.7 4.2 6.2 7.0 7.3 8.0 10.7 12.6 16.0 23.0

Reading .............................................. 14,635 2.7 3.7 6.8 7.6 9.7 9.1 11.5 12.1 14.1 22.8

Education ........................................... 168,837 7.8 2.7 4.4 3.1 3.9 5.5 6.3 8.7 17.1 40.6

Tobacco products and smoking

supplies ............................................ 44,865 8.5 9.1 9.4 11.1 10.9 10.6 10.2 11.2 11.0 8.1

Miscellaneous .................................... 111,848 5.4 4.7 5.4 7.2 6.7 8.8 10.2 12.4 15.4 23.9

Cash contributions ............................. 233,568 3.8 4.0 5.6 6.0 6.8 7.9 10.1 10.7 15.0 30.1

Personal insurance and pensions ...... 815,408 .7 1.2 2.0 3.4 5.1 7.4 9.9 14.2 19.2 36.8

Life and other personal insurance .... 42,750 1.6 3.5 3.1 4.7 5.6 6.0 9.2 15.2 15.5 35.5

Pensions and Social Security .......... 772,658 .6 1.1 2.0 3.3 5.1 7.5 10.0 14.2 19.4 36.8

Sources of income and personal

taxes:

Money income before taxes ............... $8,942,648 .9 2.3 3.4 4.7 6.2 8.0 10.2 13.1 17.4 33.9

Wages and salaries ......................... 6,987,593 .4 .9 2.0 3.5 5.5 8.0 10.5 14.2 19.1 35.9

Self-employment income ................. 560,432 -.7 .5 1.4 2.5 3.8 5.2 6.9 9.3 14.7 56.5

Social Security, private and

government retirement ................... 1,001,966 2.8 11.1 13.0 13.5 12.3 10.5 10.2 9.2 9.6 7.7

Interest, dividends, rental income,

other property income .................... 223,138 .8 1.0 2.0 2.8 4.3 6.1 9.7 8.0 13.2 51.9

Public assistance, Supplemental

Security Income, Supplementary

Nutrition Assistance Program

(SNAP) ........................................... 72,912 24.6 18.8 17.5 13.2 9.6 5.0 5.0 2.7 2.6 21.0

Unemployment and workers’

compensation, veterans’ benefits,

and regular contributions for

support ........................................... 55,500 4.3 8.1 7.4 9.3 14.6 10.9 12.0 12.2 10.4 10.9

Other income ................................... 41,106 18.1 13.6 9.2 8.4 5.1 11.3 9.0 6.4 6.2 12.7

Personal taxes (contains some

imputed values) ................................ 1,178,841 -.3 -.8 -.6 -.2 1.7 4.4 7.1 11.3 19.1 58.3

Federal income taxes ....................... 913,322 -.3 -.9 -1.1 -.7 1.3 4.0 6.9 11.0 19.0 61.0

State and local income taxes ........... 256,536 -.3 -.4 .2 1.2 3.2 5.7 8.1 12.6 19.7 50.2

Other taxes ...................................... 8,984 23.0 3.9 28.3 5.1 11.4 6.0 6.7 8.2 11.3 16.1

Income after taxes ............................. 7,763,806 1.1 2.7 4.0 5.4 6.9 8.6 10.6 13.3 17.1 30.1

1 Value is too small to display.

2 Data are likely to have large sampling errors.

Source: Consumer Expenditure Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, August, 2016