Factor Distribution of Income in the United States in 2013In 2013, compensation of employees accounted for most income earned in the United States—69.2% of the total. Most of the remainder—consisting of earnings paid in the form of interest, corporate profits, and rent—went to owners of physical capital. Finally, proprietors’ income—10.5% of the total—went to individual owners of businesses as compensation for their labor, entrepreneurship, and capital expended in their businesses.
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis.