S&P 500 Earnings
12-month earnings per share — inflation adjusted, constant February 2012 dollars.
Data courtesy Standard & Poor’s and Robert Shiller.
| Date | S&P 500 Earnings |
|---|---|
| 2011-09 | 86.09 |
| 2011-01 | 80.22 |
| 2010-01 | 56.26 |
| 2009-01 | 12.99 |
| 2008-01 | 68.35 |
| 2007-01 | 91.04 |
| 2006-01 | 80.22 |
| 2005-01 | 69.64 |
| 2004-01 | 60.42 |
| 2003-01 | 35.22 |
| 2002-01 | 31.31 |
| 2001-01 | 62.17 |
| 2000-01 | 65.31 |
| 1999-01 | 51.84 |
| 1998-01 | 55.11 |
| 1997-01 | 55.37 |
| 1996-01 | 49.44 |
| 1995-01 | 46.69 |
| 1994-01 | 34.04 |
| 1993-01 | 30.46 |
| 1992-01 | 26.10 |
| 1991-01 | 35.34 |
| 1990-01 | 39.64 |
| 1989-01 | 44.80 |
| 1988-01 | 34.66 |
| 1987-01 | 29.67 |
| 1986-01 | 29.87 |
| 1985-01 | 35.25 |
| 1984-01 | 31.82 |
| 1983-01 | 28.86 |
| 1982-01 | 36.15 |
| 1981-01 | 38.05 |
| 1980-01 | 43.30 |
| 1979-01 | 41.59 |
| 1978-01 | 39.16 |
| 1977-01 | 38.27 |
| 1976-01 | 33.08 |
| 1975-01 | 37.67 |
| 1974-01 | 39.66 |
| 1973-01 | 34.53 |
| 1972-01 | 31.36 |
| 1971-01 | 29.11 |
| 1970-01 | 34.04 |
| 1969-01 | 36.46 |
| 1968-01 | 35.36 |
| 1967-01 | 37.68 |
| 1966-01 | 37.00 |
| 1965-01 | 33.04 |
| 1964-01 | 29.58 |
| 1963-01 | 27.18 |
| 1962-01 | 24.33 |
| 1961-01 | 24.19 |
| 1960-01 | 25.98 |
| 1959-01 | 22.92 |
| 1958-01 | 25.83 |
| 1957-01 | 27.74 |
| 1956-01 | 30.50 |
| 1955-01 | 23.80 |
| 1954-01 | 21.04 |
| 1953-01 | 20.35 |
| 1952-01 | 20.59 |
| 1951-01 | 25.11 |
| 1950-01 | 22.36 |
| 1949-01 | 21.71 |
| 1948-01 | 15.54 |
| 1947-01 | 11.80 |
| 1946-01 | 11.60 |
| 1945-01 | 11.86 |
| 1944-01 | 12.13 |
| 1943-01 | 13.82 |
| 1942-01 | 16.02 |
| 1941-01 | 16.72 |
| 1940-01 | 15.02 |
| 1939-01 | 10.59 |
| 1938-01 | 17.08 |
| 1937-01 | 16.72 |
| 1936-01 | 12.53 |
| 1935-01 | 9.41 |
| 1934-01 | 7.49 |
| 1933-01 | 7.14 |
| 1932-01 | 9.27 |
| 1931-01 | 13.28 |
| 1930-01 | 20.49 |
| 1929-01 | 18.39 |
| 1928-01 | 14.67 |
| 1927-01 | 15.78 |
| 1926-01 | 15.68 |
| 1925-01 | 12.46 |
| 1924-01 | 12.72 |
| 1923-01 | 9.49 |
| 1922-01 | 4.25 |
| 1921-01 | 8.98 |
| 1920-01 | 10.70 |
| 1919-01 | 13.47 |
| 1918-01 | 20.21 |
| 1917-01 | 28.98 |
| 1916-01 | 20.08 |
| 1915-01 | 12.23 |
| 1914-01 | 13.92 |
| 1913-01 | 15.81 |
| 1912-01 | 14.76 |
| 1911-01 | 17.52 |
| 1910-01 | 17.24 |
| 1909-01 | 15.07 |
| 1908-01 | 16.85 |
| 1907-01 | 19.03 |
| 1906-01 | 18.03 |
| 1905-01 | 13.52 |
| 1904-01 | 14.37 |
| 1903-01 | 16.08 |
| 1902-01 | 14.50 |
| 1901-01 | 13.98 |
| 1900-01 | 13.64 |
| 1899-01 | 11.96 |
| 1898-01 | 10.45 |
| 1897-01 | 7.64 |
| 1896-01 | 8.43 |
| 1895-01 | 5.81 |
| 1894-01 | 8.20 |
| 1893-01 | 10.23 |
| 1892-01 | 10.42 |
| 1891-01 | 8.35 |
| 1890-01 | 8.85 |
| 1889-01 | 7.31 |
| 1888-01 | 9.39 |
| 1887-01 | 9.27 |
| 1886-01 | 7.87 |
| 1885-01 | 8.41 |
| 1884-01 | 9.49 |
| 1883-01 | 9.67 |
| 1882-01 | 9.71 |
| 1881-01 | 11.68 |