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How Does Your Federal Tax Rate Compare to Other Income Brackets?

By seema on Feb 16, 2007
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Time Scale	Data Aggregation
Yearly	Average High Low Total Count Distinct None

Year	Lowest Quintile	Second Quintile	Middle Quintile	Fourth Quintile	Highest Quintile

2001	5.4%	11.6%	15.2%	19.3%	26.8%
1996	5.6%	13.2%	17.3%	20.3%	28.0%
1997	5.8%	13.6%	17.4%	20.5%	28.0%
1998	5.8%	13.0%	16.8%	20.4%	27.6%
1999	6.1%	13.3%	16.9%	20.5%	28.0%
1995	6.3%	13.4%	17.3%	20.5%	27.8%
2000	6.4%	13.0%	16.7%	20.5%	28.0%
1994	6.6%	13.1%	17.3%	20.4%	27.4%
1980	7.7%	14.1%	18.7%	21.5%	27.3%
1989	7.9%	13.9%	17.9%	20.5%	25.2%
1979	8.0%	14.3%	18.6%	21.2%	27.5%
1993	8.0%	13.5%	17.3%	20.2%	26.8%
1992	8.2%	13.7%	17.4%	20.2%	25.6%
1981	8.3%	14.7%	19.2%	22.1%	26.9%
1982	8.3%	13.8%	17.9%	20.6%	24.4%
1991	8.4%	14.2%	17.6%	20.5%	25.3%
1988	8.5%	14.3%	17.9%	20.6%	25.6%
1987	8.7%	14.0%	17.6%	20.2%	25.8%
1990	8.9%	14.6%	17.9%	20.6%	25.1%
1983	9.1%	13.7%	17.5%	20.1%	23.9%
1986	9.6%	14.8%	18.0%	20.5%	23.8%
1985	9.8%	14.8%	18.1%	20.4%	24.0%
1984	10.2%	14.6%	18.0%	20.4%	24.3%
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Sources: Congressional Budget Office (http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc....)

The total effective federal tax rate has changed fairly drastically over the past quarter century. The graph splits up the tax rates by quintiles: the higher income brackets pay a higher percentage of taxes. This graph was created by Chris G. —seema