Figure 2. All-worker labor share, employee-only labor share, and proprietors' total income share, first quarter 1947 through third quarter 2016 (in percent)
Year and quarter All-worker labor share Employee-only labor share Proprietors' total income share

1947

     

1

65.8 56.4 11.4

2

64.9 55.5 11.3

3

65.9 56.5 10.6

4

65.0 55.9 10.2

1948

     

1

65.1 55.8 10.8

2

65.1 55.7 10.9

3

65.1 55.8 10.8

4

64.5 55.4 11.1

1949

     

1

64.7 55.2 10.8

2

64.8 55.2 11.1

3

63.6 54.0 10.9

4

64.0 54.0 11.0

1950

     

1

63.2 53.6 11.2

2

63.6 54.4 11.0

3

62.8 54.0 10.7

4

62.9 54.6 10.0

1951

     

1

62.6 54.3 10.1

2

63.4 55.0 10.3

3

62.3 54.3 10.5

4

62.9 54.8 10.4

1952

     

1

63.2 55.3 10.3

2

63.7 55.7 10.5

3

64.0 56.2 10.5

4

63.9 55.9 10.2

1953

     

1

64.0 56.0 10.1

2

64.2 56.2 10.0

3

64.3 56.4 9.9

4

65.1 57.0 10.2

1954

     

1

65.3 56.9 10.2

2

64.8 56.5 10.4

3

64.3 55.8 10.3

4

63.9 55.4 10.3

1955

     

1

62.8 54.5 10.3

2

62.9 55.0 10.2

3

63.2 55.3 10.3

4

63.3 55.4 10.3

1956

     

1

64.5 56.4 10.3

2

65.1 56.7 10.2

3

65.2 56.8 10.3

4

65.2 57.0 10.2

1957

     

1

64.7 56.5 10.2

2

65.2 56.7 10.3

3

64.8 56.4 10.3

4

65.3 56.8 10.3

1958

     

1

66.0 57.2 10.6

2

65.2 56.3 10.6

3

65.2 56.2 10.4

4

64.0 55.4 10.3

1959

     

1

64.3 55.9 10.1

2

63.9 55.7 10.1

3

64.2 55.7 10.3

4

64.6 56.0 10.1

1960

     

1

64.4 56.1 9.7

2

65.6 57.0 9.8

3

65.5 56.8 9.7

4

66.4 57.5 9.9

1961

     

1

66.1 57.0 10.1

2

65.0 56.3 10.0

3

64.6 56.1 10.0

4

64.4 55.9 9.9

1962

     

1

64.1 55.7 9.8

2

64.4 56.0 9.7

3

63.9 55.8 9.7

4

64.0 56.2 9.7

1963

     

1

64.1 56.1 9.6

2

63.8 56.0 9.5

3

63.1 55.5 9.4

4

63.4 55.6 9.5

1964

     

1

62.6 54.9 9.5

2

62.7 55.2 9.6

3

62.8 55.3 9.6

4

63.6 56.0 9.6

1965

     

1

62.7 55.2 9.3

2

62.7 55.2 9.3

3

61.9 54.8 9.2

4

61.5 54.7 9.1

1966

     

1

61.5 54.7 9.0

2

62.3 55.3 8.9

3

62.6 55.7 8.9

4

62.3 55.7 8.9

1967

     

1

62.3 55.6 9.0

2

62.7 56.0 9.0

3

62.7 56.1 9.0

4

62.8 56.2 8.9

1968

     

1

62.4 56.0 8.8

2

62.1 55.7 8.8

3

62.8 56.3 8.9

4

63.3 56.6 8.8

1969

     

1

62.9 56.4 8.6

2

63.7 57.1 8.5

3

64.2 57.6 8.4

4

65.0 58.5 8.2

1970

     

1

65.3 58.7 8.2

2

64.4 58.0 8.1

3

64.1 57.8 8.1

4

64.4 57.8 8.3

1971

     

1

63.2 56.6 8.0

2

63.2 56.6 8.2

3

62.9 56.4 8.3

4

63.6 57.0 8.4

1972

     

1

63.6 57.1 8.2

2

62.8 56.5 8.1

3

62.9 56.6 8.2

4

63.2 57.0 8.5

1973

     

1

63.1 56.9 8.1

2

63.2 57.0 7.9

3

64.1 57.7 8.0

4

64.3 58.0 7.9

1974

     

1

64.4 58.2 8.0

2

63.9 57.6 7.8

3

64.5 58.2 7.8

4

63.8 57.4 7.6

1975

     

1

63.2 56.8 7.8

2

62.5 56.1 7.8

3

61.9 55.7 7.7

4

62.0 55.6 7.8

1976

     

1

61.5 55.3 7.9

2

61.4 55.4 8.1

3

61.7 55.6 8.3

4

61.7 55.5 8.3

1977

     

1

61.6 55.4 8.2

2

61.6 55.4 8.1

3

61.4 55.1 8.1

4

62.2 55.9 8.2

1978

     

1

63.2 56.8 8.4

2

61.8 55.4 8.2

3

61.6 55.4 8.1

4

61.5 55.2 8.0

1979

     

1

62.8 56.4 8.1

2

62.5 56.2 7.9

3

62.7 56.2 7.8

4

63.1 56.5 7.6

1980

     

1

63.0 56.5 7.2

2

63.6 57.1 7.4

3

63.9 57.2 7.5

4

63.6 56.9 7.3

1981

     

1

62.3 55.8 7.1

2

62.9 56.4 6.6

3

62.4 56.0 6.4

4

62.9 56.4 6.2

1982

     

1

64.1 57.5 6.1

2

63.8 56.9 6.3

3

63.9 57.0 6.3

4

63.5 56.6 6.5

1983

     

1

63.1 56.1 6.5

2

62.1 55.2 6.5

3

61.2 54.4 6.5

4

61.2 54.5 6.6

1984

     

1

61.6 54.7 6.8

2

61.3 54.5 6.9

3

61.4 54.7 6.8

4

61.5 55.0 6.5

1985

     

1

61.4 54.7 6.8

2

61.3 54.7 6.7

3

61.0 54.4 6.6

4

61.8 55.0 6.6

1986

     

1

61.7 55.0 6.6

2

61.8 55.1 6.7

3

62.2 55.3 6.8

4

62.9 55.9 6.7

1987

     

1

63.1 56.0 6.9

2

62.8 55.9 6.9

3

62.9 56.1 7.0

4

62.9 56.0 7.1

1988

     

1

63.3 56.4 7.5

2

63.3 56.2 7.5

3

63.2 56.2 7.6

4

62.8 55.9 7.6

1989

     

1

62.7 55.8 7.5

2

61.9 55.2 7.2

3

61.7 55.0 7.1

4

62.3 55.6 7.1

1990

     

1

62.4 55.5 7.1

2

62.5 55.6 7.1

3

62.6 55.8 7.3

4

63.1 56.0 7.3

1991

     

1

62.8 55.7 7.2

2

62.6 55.4 7.2

3

62.5 55.3 7.2

4

62.7 55.6 7.2

1992

     

1

63.0 56.1 7.4

2

62.7 55.9 7.5

3

62.6 55.6 7.6

4

62.2 55.4 7.8

1993

     

1

61.8 54.9 7.8

2

62.2 55.2 7.8

3

61.8 54.9 7.8

4

61.7 54.8 7.8

1994

     

1

61.0 54.3 7.8

2

61.1 54.4 7.8

3

61.1 54.3 7.8

4

60.6 54.1 7.9

1995

     

1

60.7 54.2 8.0

2

60.6 54.3 8.0

3

60.7 54.2 8.1

4

60.7 54.3 8.2

1996

     

1

60.9 54.4 8.3

2

60.6 54.2 8.4

3

60.6 54.2 8.4

4

60.6 54.1 8.4

1997

     

1

61.0 54.4 8.6

2

60.4 54.1 8.5

3

60.4 54.2 8.5

4

61.1 54.9 8.6

1998

     

1

61.7 55.5 8.8

2

62.1 55.9 8.9

3

62.1 55.8 9.0

4

61.9 55.7 9.0

1999

     

1

62.1 56.1 9.1

2

62.0 55.9 9.2

3

61.8 55.7 9.2

4

61.8 55.9 9.2

2000

     

1

63.9 57.7 9.2

2

62.5 56.5 9.2

3

63.4 57.3 9.3

4

62.8 57.0 9.5

2001

     

1

64.3 58.1 9.8

2

63.1 57.1 10.0

3

62.8 56.9 10.2

4

62.4 56.5 10.2

2002

     

1

61.4 55.8 10.4

2

61.6 55.8 10.4

3

61.2 55.4 10.3

4

61.3 55.4 10.3

2003

     

1

60.8 54.9 10.2

2

61.0 55.1 10.1

3

60.3 54.4 10.0

4

60.5 54.5 9.9

2004

     

1

60.0 54.1 10.0

2

60.2 54.3 10.0

3

60.6 54.6 9.9

4

60.1 54.2 9.9

2005

     

1

59.4 53.5 9.5

2

59.3 53.5 9.4

3

59.0 53.4 9.5

4

58.9 53.3 9.6

2006

     

1

59.4 53.6 9.9

2

59.0 53.4 9.9

3

59.0 53.3 9.7

4

59.6 53.8 9.5

2007

     

1

60.4 54.7 8.9

2

59.7 54.0 8.7

3

59.1 53.6 8.5

4

59.3 53.9 8.6

2008

     

1

60.2 54.8 8.8

2

59.4 54.1 9.0

3

59.4 54.0 9.1

4

60.4 55.2 9.0

2009

     

1

58.2 53.1 8.7

2

58.8 53.5 8.8

3

58.3 53.1 9.0

4

57.9 52.6 9.3

2010

     

1

57.0 51.9 9.2

2

57.2 52.1 9.0

3

57.0 52.0 8.9

4

56.7 51.8 9.0

2011

     

1

58.1 53.1 9.2

2

57.2 52.3 9.3

3

57.3 52.5 9.5

4

56.0 51.3 9.5

2012

     

1

56.9 52.1 9.8

2

56.6 51.9 9.9

3

56.5 51.7 9.9

4

58.1 53.2 10.0

2013

     

1

56.5 51.8 9.8

2

57.2 52.5 9.7

3

56.8 52.1 9.6

4

56.2 51.7 9.5

2014

     

1

57.4 52.7 9.8

2

56.6 52.2 9.8

3

56.3 51.9 9.8

4

57.0 52.4 9.9

2015

     

1

57.1 52.4 9.9

2

57.3 52.6 9.9

3

57.3 52.8 9.9

4

58.0 53.5 10.0

2016

     

1

57.9 53.3 10.0

2

58.4 53.7 10.0

3

58.4 53.8 10.0
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.