In 2020, the average tax rate of the top 10 percent of earners in the United States stood at 20.3 percent. For the top one percent of earners, the average tax rate stood at 25.99 percent, and for all taxpayers, the average tax rate was 13.63 percent.

Graph and download economic data for Income Before Taxes: Wages and Salaries by Age: from Age 25 to 34 (CXU900000LB0403M) from 1984 to 2023 about age, 25 years +, salaries, tax, wages, income, and USA.

This graph shows the average tax rates of the 400 taxpayers reporting the highest adjusted annual gross income to the IRS in the United States from 1992 to 2014. The total income tax is defined as income tax after credits. The average tax rate of the 400 taxpayers with the highest income in 2014 was at 23.13 percent.

Graph and download economic data for U.S Individual Income Tax: Tax Rates for Regular Tax: Lowest Bracket (IITTRLB) from 1913 to 2018 about individual, tax, income, rate, and USA.

This statistic shows the median household income in the United States from 1990 to 2023 in 2023 U.S. dollars. The median household income was 80,610 U.S. dollars in 2023, an increase from the previous year. Household incomeThe median household income depicts the income of households, including the income of the householder and all other individuals aged 15 years or over living in the household. Income includes wages and salaries, unemployment insurance, disability payments, child support payments received, regular rental receipts, as well as any personal business, investment, or other kinds of income received routinely. The median household income in the United States varies from state to state. In 2020, the median household income was 86,725 U.S. dollars in Massachusetts, while the median household income in Mississippi was approximately 44,966 U.S. dollars at that time. Household income is also used to determine the poverty line in the United States. In 2021, about 11.6 percent of the U.S. population was living in poverty. The child poverty rate, which represents people under the age of 18 living in poverty, has been growing steadily over the first decade since the turn of the century, from 16.2 percent of the children living below the poverty line in year 2000 to 22 percent in 2010. In 2021, it had lowered to 15.3 percent. The state with the widest gap between the rich and the poor was New York, with a Gini coefficient score of 0.51 in 2019. The Gini coefficient is calculated by looking at average income rates. A score of zero would reflect perfect income equality and a score of one indicates a society where one person would have all the money and all other people have nothing.

In total, about 59.9 percent of U.S. households paid income tax in 2022. The remaining 40.1 percent of households paid no individual income tax. In that same year, about 47.1 percent of U.S. households with an income between 40,000 and 50,000 U.S. dollars paid no individual income taxes.

As of 2023, the average taxation rate for a single person without children who earned an average salary in the European Union was 29.67 percent of their total earnings. For a two-earner couple without children earning an average salary it was slightly less, at 29.57 percent, while for a single person without children earning 1.67 times the average salary, the rate of taxation in the EU was 35.16%. Having children greatly reduced the average rate of taxation, with a one-earner couple with two children in the EU only paying out 15.97 percent of their gross household earnings in taxes in 2023. Tax rates in Europe are generally quite high, due to the progressive income tax systems set in place during the 20th century in many countries, which require high taxation in order to fund generous social welfare systems. Belgium was the country with the highest average rates of taxation in 2023, with a high earning single person without children subject to pay almost half of their gross household earnings out in taxes. Other countries in North-western Europe such as Germany, Denmark, and Luxembourg also top the list for highest income taxation rates in Europe, while Cyprus was the country in Europe with the lowest average taxation rates in Europe during the same period. In both Czechia and Poland, single-earner families with two children actually saw the lowest average tax rates, due to the strong pronatalist policies in these countries and tax incentives for traditional single-earner households.

Graph and download economic data for Income Before Taxes: Wages and Salaries by Generation: Birth Year of 1945 or Earlier (CXU900000LB1609M) from 2019 to 2023 about birth, salaries, tax, wages, income, and USA.

This U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) five-year estimates data set contains median family income estimates during the past 12 months and in inflation-adjusted dollars. The data is available for a number of geographies ranging from statewide to census tract level. The data is available for year 2009-2016. This includes the income of the householder and all related individuals 15 years old and over in the household. Income is based on “money” income–income received on a regular basis before payments for personal income taxes, social security, union dues, etc. Money income does not include noncash benefits that may be received.

Taxable income average per household by quintile of income distribution, report on statistical declaration Forms, unit: Amount (thousand yuan)

This statistic shows the average effective U.S. corporate income tax rates in 2008, by industry. In 2008, corporations in the mining industry had an effective tax rate of 22.5 percent on average.

This table presents income shares, thresholds, tax shares, and total counts of individual Canadian tax filers, with a focus on high income individuals (95% income threshold, 99% threshold, etc.). Income thresholds are based on national threshold values, regardless of selected geography; for example, the number of Nova Scotians in the top 1% will be calculated as the number of taxfiling Nova Scotians whose total income exceeded the 99% national income threshold. Different definitions of income are available in the table namely market, total, and after-tax income, both with and without capital gains.

Graph and download economic data for Expenditures: Total Average Annual Expenditures by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Second 20 Percent (21st to 40th Percentile) (CXUTOTALEXPLB0103M) from 1984 to 2023 about percentile, tax, average, expenditures, income, and USA.

Average annual incomes, taxes and benefits, and household characteristics of retired and non-retired households in the UK. Data for financial years, by quintile and decile groups, country and region and tenure type.

In 2023, households in the top decile in the United Kingdom paid, on average, 49,392 British pounds in income tax, compared with the lowest income decile which paid around 1,907 pounds per year.

Graph and download economic data for Expenditures: Total Average Annual Expenditures by Income Before Taxes: $5,000 to $9,999 (CXUTOTALEXPLB0203M) from 1984 to 2015 about tax, average, expenditures, income, and USA.

This statistic shows the total personal income in the United States from 1990 to 2023. The data are in current U.S. dollars not adjusted for inflation or deflation. According to the BEA, personal income is the income that is received by persons from all sources. It is calculated as the sum of wage and salary disbursements, supplements to wages and salaries, proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments, rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment, personal dividend income, personal interest income, and personal current transfer receipts, less contributions for government social insurance. Personal income increased to about 23 trillion U.S. dollars in 2023.Personal income Personal income in the United States has risen steadily over the last decades from 5.07 trillion U.S. dollars in 1991 to 23 trillion U.S. dollars in 2023. Personal income includes all earnings including wages, investments, and other sources. Personal income also varied widely across the U.S., where those living in the District of Columbia, on the higher scale, earned an average of 96,873 U.S. dollars per capita and on the lower end of the spectrum, people in Mississippi earned 45,438 U.S. dollars per capita. In the District of Columbia, disposable income averaged some 81,193 U.S. dollars. In total, California earned the most personal income followed by Texas, receiving three trillion U.S. dollars and 1.76 trillion U.S. dollars, respectively. Income tends to vary widely between demographics in the United States. Those with higher education levels tend to earn more money. However, only 25.7 percent of persons with a disability that had a Bachelor's degree or higher were employed in 2020. The Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability programs provide monetary benefits to the disabled and certain family members.

Detailed salary breakdown including income tax, FICA, retirement deductions, employer contributions, and net take-home pay on a $ 50,000.00 salary in North Carolina for the 2025 tax year.

In Norway, couples with children where the oldest child was 18 years or older had the highest average income after tax in 2022. Their median income amounted to roughly 1.2 million Norwegian kroner in 2022. By comparison, singles aged 65 years or more had the lowest mean income with just 311,700 kroner that year.

This service contains a list of census tracts that qualify for the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) . The list was provided to EGIS by BMS. The data used to produce this service can be found at Qualified Census Tracts and Difficult Development Areas | HUD USER.Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Qualified Census Tracts must have 50 percent of households with incomes below 60 percent of the Area Median Gross Income (AMGI) or have a poverty rate of 25 percent or more. Difficult Development Areas (DDA) are areas with high land, construction and utility costs relative to the area median income and are based on Fair Market Rents, income limits, the 2010 census counts, and 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) data. Maps of Qualified Census Tracts and Difficult Development Areas are available at: 2023 and 2024 Small DDAs and QCTs | HUD USER.Qualified Census Tracts - Generate QCT Tables for Individual Areas (Also Includes DDA Information)This data was created by the Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2023. This data is updated on a yearly basis.