United States Personal Income Tax Rate

The top personal income tax rate in the United States stands at 37 percent for individuals with an income above 500,000 USD per year and married filling jointly with an income above 600,000 USD per year. Personal Income Tax Rate in the United States averaged 36.67 percent from 2004 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 39.60 percent in 2013 and a record low of 35 percent in 2005.

Personal Income Tax Rate in the United States is expected to be 37.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States Personal Income Tax Rate is projected to trend around 35.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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United States Taxes	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Corporate Tax Rate	21.00	21.00	52.80	1.00	percent	[+]
Personal Income Tax Rate	37.00	39.60	39.60	35.00	percent	[+]
Sales Tax Rate	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	percent	[+]
Social Security Rate	15.30	15.30	16.75	15.30	percent	[+]
Social Security Rate For Companies	7.65	7.65	10.10	7.65	percent	[+]
Social Security Rate For Employees	7.65	7.65	7.65	6.65	percent	[+]

In the United States, the Personal Income Tax Rate refers to the Top Marginal Federal Tax Rate applied on taxable income over USD 406,751 for a single filer. The individuals may be also subjected to an additional state taxes. Revenues from the Personal Income Tax Rate are an important source of income for the government of the United States. This page provides - United States Personal Income Tax Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United States Personal Income Tax Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	37.00	39.60	39.60	35.00	2004 - 2018	percent	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Japan	55.95	Dec/18	55.95	55.95 : 50	%
Netherlands	52.00	Dec/18	52	60 : 52	%
Germany	47.50	Dec/18	47.5	57 : 44.3	%
Australia	45.00	Dec/18	45	47 : 45	%
China	45.00	Dec/18	45	45 : 45	%
France	45.00	Dec/18	45	59.6 : 45	%
South Africa	45.00	Dec/18	45	45 : 40	%
Spain	45.00	Dec/18	45	56 : 43	%
United Kingdom	45.00	Dec/18	45	50 : 40	%
Italy	43.00	Dec/18	43	51 : 43	%
South Korea	40.00	Dec/18	40	40 : 35	%
Switzerland	40.00	Dec/18	40	40.4 : 40	%
United States	37.00	Dec/18	39.6	39.6 : 35	%
India	35.88	Dec/18	35.54	35.88 : 30	%
Argentina	35.00	Dec/18	35	35 : 35	%
Mexico	35.00	Dec/18	35	35 : 28	%
Turkey	35.00	Dec/18	35	40 : 35	%
Canada	33.00	Dec/18	33	33 : 29	%
Indonesia	30.00	Dec/18	30	35 : 30	%
Brazil	27.50	Dec/18	27.5	27.5 : 27.5	%
Singapore	22.00	Dec/18	22	22 : 20	%
Russia	13.00	Dec/18	13	13 : 13	%
Saudi Arabia	0.00	Dec/18	0	0 : 0	%