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2024 Food Dollar primary factor bill for all food

by Quinton Baker and James Chandler Zachary
3/10/2026

Food Markets & Prices
Food Prices, Expenditures, and Establishments

A U.S. dollar bill is divided into segments showing the value added in 2024 of four primary factors in the food production chain: salary and benefits, property income, output taxes, and imported inputs.

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This figure uses the 2024 Food Dollar for all food to show the costs of producing a dollar of food by salary and benefits, property income, output taxes, and imported inputs. The largest cost was salary and benefits, accounting for 54.1 cents per dollar.

2024 Food Dollar primary factor bill for all food

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