Federal Income Tax Payments by Income Percentile2009
Income PercentileAll Taxpayers
$865,863 100.0%100.0%
Top 1%
$318,043 16.9%36.7%
Top 5%
$507,907 31.7%58.7%
Top 10%
$610,156 43.2%70.5%
Top 25%
$755,903 65.8%87.3%
Top 50%
$846,352 86.5%97.7%
Bottom 50%
$19,511 13.5%2.3%Tax Foundation
Income Taxes Paid ($millions)Group's Share of Total AGIGroup's Share of Income Taxes
Note: There are 137,982,203 total federal income tax filers. Total Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) is$7,825,389,000,000. The top 1% of earners make above $343,927, the top 5% make above $154,64make above $112,124; the top 25% make above $66,193; and the top 50% make above $32,396.Source: Tax Foundation
, Summary of Latest Federal Individual Income Tax Data