Commentary Economists at Chapman University expect total personal income in California to exceed $3 trillion in 2021, a 7.1 percent boost from 2020. The $3.013 trillion figure predicted by the economists, if realized, will be 20 percent higher than the $2.514 trillion total personal income Californians earned just three years ago, in 2018. To put it into perspective, the total amount of personal income Californians are projected to earn this year is higher than the total economy of the United Kingdom (UK) was in 2019, when its GDP was $2.8 trillion. California has slightly more than 40 million people. The UK has more than 66 million people and is one of the most advanced economies of the world. London, England is the world’s hub for insurance and is the European center of finance. Even so, just the personal income in California—which excludes company profits—is poised to be greater than the …