Compensation of employees, Transactions in United States of America
United States of America: Compensation of employees, Transactions was 2.42 trillion in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees, Transactions in United States of America, 2001–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 2.42 trillion for compensation of employees, transactions in 2025. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 46.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees, transactions in United States of America peaked at 2.42 trillion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 974.64 billion, in 2001.
That places United States of America 4th out of 35 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Compensation of employees, Transactions in United States of America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 974.64 billion | — |
| 2002 | 1.04 trillion | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 1.11 trillion | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 1.17 trillion | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 1.22 trillion | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 1.28 trillion | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 1.35 trillion | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 1.42 trillion | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 1.47 trillion | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 1.52 trillion | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 1.53 trillion | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 1.53 trillion | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1.57 trillion | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 1.61 trillion | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 1.65 trillion | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 1.69 trillion | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 1.74 trillion | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 1.81 trillion | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 1.86 trillion | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 1.93 trillion | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 1.99 trillion | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 2.04 trillion | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 2.18 trillion | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 2.33 trillion | +6.7% |
| 2025 | 2.42 trillion | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.23 trillion | 974.64 billion | 1.47 trillion | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.65 trillion | 1.52 trillion | 1.86 trillion | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.15 trillion | 1.93 trillion | 2.42 trillion | 6 |
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More public sector data for United States of America
- Arms imports 1.21 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 3.56 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 52.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 1.21 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 2,933 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.034 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 8.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 997.31 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 86.58 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees, transactions in United States of America?
- Compensation of employees, transactions in United States of America was 2.42 trillion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest compensation of employees, transactions recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.42 trillion in 2025.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees, transactions recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 974.64 billion in 2001.
- How does United States of America rank for compensation of employees, transactions?
- United States of America ranks 4th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compensation of employees, transactions rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Compensation of employees, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.