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Top 1% Share of U.S. Income
Share of pre-tax national income received by the top 1% and top 10%, %
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Top 10% · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years
Top 1% · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years
Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. Shaded: the range about two in three outcomes land in. A projection, not a promise.
From the World Inequality Database.
The century-long U-shape of American income concentration. Top shares fell from the 1920s to the 1970s and have climbed back since.
What this chart reads
- US Pre-Tax Income Share of the Top 10% (WID)as “Top 10%”latest 2024-12-31
- US Pre-Tax Income Share of the Top 1% (WID)as “Top 1%”latest 2024-12-31
Sources
US Pre-Tax Income Share of the Top 10% (WID). Source: World Inequality Database, processed by Our World in Data (chart inequality-metrics-before-tax-wid). License: CC BY 4.0. Our World in Data processing is CC BY 4.0.
US Pre-Tax Income Share of the Top 1% (WID). Source: World Inequality Database, processed by Our World in Data (chart inequality-metrics-before-tax-wid). License: CC BY 4.0. Our World in Data processing is CC BY 4.0.
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