Originally Posted By: Kiplinger
Your $25,000 adjusted gross income (AGI) puts you in the lowest 50% of earners.
The lowest-earning 50% of taxpayers reported 13.48% of all AGI and paid 2.25% of total income taxes.
Together, you and the other 68.9 million taxpayers with incomes of $32,396 or less paid a total of $32.4 billion in federal income taxes. This includes millions of low-income workers who actually paid negative income taxes because their Earned Income Tax Credits wiped out their income-tax liability and refunded to them part of the Social Security taxes they paid.


Originally Posted By: Kiplinger
Your $60,000 adjusted gross income (AGI) puts you in the top 50% of earners.
The top-earning 50% of taxpayers reported 86.52% of all AGI and paid 97.75% of total income taxes.
Together, you and the other 68.9 million taxpayers with incomes of $32,396 or more paid a total of $846.4 billion in federal income taxes.
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Originally Posted By: Kiplinger
Your $100,000 adjusted gross income (AGI) puts you in the top 25% of earners.
The top-earning 25% of taxpayers reported 65.81% of all AGI and paid 87.30% of total income taxes.
Together, you and the other 34.5 million taxpayers with incomes of $66,193 or more paid a total of $755.9 billion in federal income taxes.

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