Average Tax Rates for Head of Household: 2009

by Catherine Mulbrandon on March 29, 2010

The fifth in series of infographics I am designing to illustrate the average federal tax rate applied to different salaries. This time I am graphing the average tax rates for a Head of Household with one child.

The difference between this graph and the couple with one income is the smaller standard deduction and lower cut offs for 10%, 15%, 25%, and 28% rates both of which raises their average income tax rate.

The income tax graph is created from the 2009 tax schedule for a Head of Household:

which you can find from the IRS Tax Tables here while the information about the social security and medicare tax can be found here.

Tagged as: Area Graph, Average Tax Rate, IRS, Line Graph, Tax Rates, United States

  • http://governancexborders.wordpress.com Phil

    It would be interesting to see these graphs overlaid with the distribution of taxable incomes. My speculation is that that high marginal tax rate between 60,000 and 110,000 hits (is intended to hit?) median-income households, or at least those with a moderately high income but not high enough to dodge.

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  • Jeff

    The FICA taxes should be doubled for the graph. Certainly, to an accountant, the employee “pays” 6.2% of the SS tax, while the employer “pays” the other 6.2%. But to an economist, all the costs are borne by the employee! The total dollar cost is what matters to the employer. It has to be this way, for a market, ALL wages and benefits must be monetized for a real measurement….if the taxes fell, the worker would get money in return!

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