Compensation of employees, Transactions (Statement of operations) in United States
United States: Compensation of employees, Transactions (Statement of operations) was 2.42 trillion in 2025. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees, Transactions in United States, 2001–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
United States 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 peaked at 2.42 trillion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 974.64 billion, in 2001.
That places United States 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 (Statement of operations) in United States, 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% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 2.42 trillion is above the median for high income countries, which is 142.79 billion, 17.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
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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Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees, transactions in United States?
- Compensation of employees, transactions in United States was 2.42 trillion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest compensation of employees, transactions recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 2.42 trillion in 2025.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees, transactions recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 974.64 billion in 2001.
- How does United States rank for compensation of employees, transactions?
- United States ranks 4th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compensation of employees, transactions rising or falling in United States?
- 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 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.