Per capita personal income in the United States
The per capita personal income of the United States is the income that is received by persons from all sources. It is calculated as the sum of 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 dividend income, personal interest income, and personal current transfer receipts, less contributions for government social insurance. This measure of income is calculated as the personal income of the residents of a given area divided by the resident population of the area. In computing per capita personal income, the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis uses the United States Census Bureau's annual midyear population estimates. In 2018 the average per capita personal income in the United States was US$53,820. The average per worker income was $108,245. The median personal income was not available for 2018, but in 2016 the number was $31,099.
