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Capital share of corporate income : Share of corporate-sector income received by workers over recent business cycles, 1948–2015
| Capital share | |
|---|---|
| Jan-1948 | 25.14380% |
| Jan-1949 | 24.16738% |
| Jan-1950 | 26.28827% |
| Jan-1951 | 25.87322% |
| Jan-1952 | 23.74458% |
| Jan-1953 | 22.58810% |
| Jan-1954 | 22.41784% |
| Jan-1955 | 25.23268% |
| Jan-1956 | 23.24115% |
| Jan-1957 | 22.12348% |
| Jan-1958 | 20.69632% |
| Jan-1959 | 22.84981% |
| Jan-1960 | 21.42563% |
| Jan-1961 | 21.63462% |
| Jan-1962 | 22.73892% |
| Jan-1963 | 23.44448% |
| Jan-1964 | 24.06349% |
| Jan-1965 | 25.25165% |
| Jan-1966 | 24.81105% |
| Jan-1967 | 23.43595% |
| Jan-1968 | 23.01426% |
| Jan-1969 | 21.20643% |
| Jan-1970 | 18.77551% |
| Jan-1971 | 20.04171% |
| Jan-1972 | 20.53632% |
| Jan-1973 | 20.28788% |
| Jan-1974 | 18.64431% |
| Jan-1975 | 20.26761% |
| Jan-1976 | 21.10007% |
| Jan-1977 | 21.76602% |
| Jan-1978 | 21.84629% |
| Jan-1979 | 20.10818% |
| Jan-1980 | 18.38851% |
| Jan-1981 | 19.77654% |
| Jan-1982 | 18.76792% |
| Jan-1983 | 20.17699% |
| Jan-1984 | 21.82178% |
| Jan-1985 | 21.31379% |
| Jan-1986 | 18.99412% |
| Jan-1987 | 19.03593% |
| Jan-1988 | 19.32065% |
| Jan-1989 | 18.91261% |
| Jan-1990 | 17.70446% |
| Jan-1991 | 17.30923% |
| Jan-1992 | 16.82416% |
| Jan-1993 | 17.42598% |
| Jan-1994 | 19.09721% |
| Jan-1995 | 19.94774% |
| Jan-1996 | 20.80172% |
| Jan-1997 | 21.34013% |
| Jan-1998 | 20.01531% |
| Jan-1999 | 19.20749% |
| Jan-2000 | 17.71214% |
| Jan-2001 | 16.79065% |
| Jan-2002 | 18.37527% |
| Jan-2003 | 19.96040% |
| Jan-2004 | 21.35904% |
| Jan-2005 | 23.22906% |
| Jan-2006 | 24.56307% |
| Jan-2007 | 22.01645% |
| Jan-2008 | 19.19484% |
| Jan-2009 | 21.28808% |
| Jan-2010 | 24.27158% |
| Jan-2011 | 24.20954% |
| Jan-2012 | 25.66151% |
| Jan-2013 | 25.52499% |
| Jan-2014 | 24.90048% |
| Jan-2015 | 24.02873% |
Note: Shaded areas denote recessions. Federal Reserve banks' corporate profits were netted out in the calculation of labor share.
Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Economic Analysis National Income and Product Accounts (Tables 1.14 and 6.16D)
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