: Income after taxes and benefits

Figure B

Year	Bottom fifth	Second from bottom	Middle fifth	Second from top	81–90th percentile	91–95th	96–99th	Top 1 percent
1979	7.5%	12.3%	16.6%	22.1%	14.7%	9.2%	10.4%	7.4%
2018	7.0%	10.5%	14.4%	19.7%	13.9%	9.4%	11.7%	13.4%

Source: Congressional Budget Office household income data (CBO 2021).

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