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Pre-tax labor income [pre-tax labor income ranking] (United States)
Adults | Equal-split adults | Share

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Pre-tax labor income [pre-tax labor income ranking] is the sum of all pretax personal income flows accruing to the individual owners of labor as a production factor, before taking into account the operation of the tax/transfer system, but after taking into account the operation of pension system. The central difference between personal factor income and pretax income is the treatment of pensions, which are counted on a contribution basis by factor income and on a distribution basis by pretax income.

Chart for the Top 1% of the population (1962-2014)

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Chart for the Top 10% of the population (1962-2014)

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Chart for the Bottom 90% of the population (1962-2014)

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Chart for the Bottom 50% of the population (1962-2014)

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Top 10% - Bottom 90% shares split (1962-2014)


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