These figures indicate the top 20% of earners make 55.1% of the income and pay 68.1% of Federal Taxes. The top 1% earn 18% of total income and pay 27.6% of federal taxes.
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| Share of Income | |||||
| ↓ | Share of Total Federal Tax Burden | ||||
| ↓ | Number of Households | ||||
| ↓ | Minimum Income | ||||
| ↓ | |||||
| Top 20% | 55.1% | 68.8% | 23,141,000 | 67,400 | |
| Top 10% | 40.9% | 54.7% | 11,721,000 | 92,400 | |
| Top 5% | 31.0% | 43.9% | 5,797,000 | 126,300 | |
| Top 1% | 18.0% | 27.6% | 1,125,000 | 307,500 | |
| Top 1/2 of 1% | 14.6% | 22.6% | 561,000 | 482,400 | |
| Top 1/10 of 1% | 9.0% | 14.0% | 110,000 | 1,532,400 | |
| Top 1/100 of 1% | 4.2% | 6.5% | 11,000 | 8,579,000 | |
