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.
The table only covers individuals who have some liability to Income Tax. The percentile points have been independently calculated on total income before tax and total income after tax.
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Note: comparisons over time may be affected by changes in methodology. Notably, there was a revision to the grossing factors in the 2018 to 2019 publication, which is discussed in the commentary and supporting documentation for that tax year. Further details, including a summary of significant methodological changes over time, data suitability and coverage, are included in the Background Quality Report.
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Graph and download economic data for Personal Taxes: Federal Income Taxes by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Lowest 20 Percent (1st to 20th Percentile) (CXUFEDTAXESLB0102M) from 1984 to 2023 about percentile, tax, federal, personal, income, and USA.
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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.
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Income Tax-on-Various Income Holdings Should Pay the Proportion of the Tax 20th Percentile Declaration Statistics Table Unit: Amount (Thousand Yuan)
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The share of the payable tax on various types of comprehensive income occupies the 10th percentile tax declaration statistical table. Unit: %.
These tables only cover individuals with some liability to tax.
These statistics are classified as accredited official statistics.
You can find more information about these statistics and collated tables for the latest and previous tax years on the Statistics about personal incomes page.
Supporting documentation on the methodology used to produce these statistics is available in the release for each tax year.
Note: comparisons over time may be affected by changes in methodology. Notably, there was a revision to the grossing factors in the 2018 to 2019 publication, which is discussed in the commentary and supporting documentation for that tax year. Further details, including a summary of significant methodological changes over time, data suitability and coverage, are included in the Background Quality Report.
In 2021, the effective tax rate of total household income among the top percentile of earners in Israel was **** percent, increasing by *** percentage points from the previous year. Over the observed period, the effective tax rate steadily increased from **** percent in 2013. A slight decline was measured in 2017 due to a ******** government decision to implement a tax incentive to release "trapped" capital gains taxes.
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Aggregate tax amount statistics table for the proportion of various income types that should be taxed in the 10th percentile of tax returns. Unit: Amount (thousand yuan)
In Mexico, as of 2022, the bottom 50 percent, which represents the population whose income lied below the median, earned on average 2,076 euros at purchasing power parity (PPP) before income taxes. Meanwhile, the top ten percent had an average earning of 111,484 euros, 53 times over than the average earning of the bottom half. Further, the bottom 50 percent accounted for -0.3 percent of the overall national wealth in Mexico, that is, they have on average more debts than assets.
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The total income tax payable and tax rate for individuals and their spouses who file separate tax returns by quintile of income declaration form. Unit: Amount (in thousand yuan)
In 2024, the top ten percent in Brazil earned an average of 8,034 Brazilian reals per month before income taxes. This is more than 11 times the average income of the bottom half, which was 713 reals per month in that year.
The average pre-tax income of the top ten percent earners in Spain was over 95,500 euros at purchasing power parity (PPP) as of 2022, almost nine times more than the average income of the bottom half earners. Looking at the distribution of national income in Spain, the earnings of the least affluent half of the population equated to 21 percent of the total country income in 2022, 0.1 percentage points less than one decade earlier. Moreover, the top one percent of earners in Spain accounted for over ten percent of the overall national income.
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Graph and download economic data for Expenditures: Total Average Annual Expenditures by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Lowest 20 Percent (1st to 20th Percentile) (CXUTOTALEXPLB0102M) from 1984 to 2023 about percentile, tax, average, expenditures, income, and USA.
The bottom 50 percent in Russia earned an average of 7.7 thousand euros at purchasing power parity (PPP) before income tax in 2021. To compare, the mean income of the top 10 percent stood at 104.6 thousand euros in the same year. Looking at the percentage distribution of national wealth in the country, the poorest half held only three percent of the total in 2021.
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The table below showcases the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles of assessed property values for each state in the United States. It's important to understand that assessed property values can vary greatly and can change yearly.
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The table below showcases the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles of mortgage rates for each state in the United States. It's important to understand that mortgage rates can vary greatly and can change yearly.
Income of individuals by age group, sex and income source, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas, annual.
In 2024, the average annual full-time earnings for the top ten percent of earners in the United Kingdom was 72,150 British pounds, compared with 22,763 for the bottom ten percent of earners. As of this year, the average annual earnings for all full-time employees was 37,430 pounds, up from 34,963 pounds in the previous year. Strong wage growth continues in 2025 As of February 2025, wages in the UK were growing by approximately 5.9 percent compared with the previous year, with this falling to 5.6 percent if bonus pay is included. When adjusted for inflation, regular pay without bonuses grew by 2.1 percent, with overall pay including bonus pay rising by 1.9 percent. While UK wages have now outpaced inflation for almost two years, there was a long period between 2021 and 2023 when high inflation in the UK was rising faster than wages, one of the leading reasons behind a severe cost of living crisis at the time. UK's gender pay gap falls in 2024 For several years, the difference between average hourly earnings for men and women has been falling, with the UK's gender pay gap dropping to 13.1 percent in 2024, down from 27.5 percent in 1997. When examined by specific industry sectors, however, the discrepancy between male and female earnings can be much starker. In the financial services sector, for example, the gender pay gap was almost 30 percent, with professional, scientific and technical professions also having a relatively high gender pay gap rate of 20 percent.
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.