<p>For a lot of things, including <a href="http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=456" rel="nofollow">average effective (Federal) tax rates</a>, the Urban Institute/Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center is a great place to start. Look at the table that reads "Average Individual Income Tax Rate," as the first one also includes payroll, excise, and corporate taxes.</p>

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This table almost has it, to bad they did not include to total effective.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=366
I am really only looking for an estimate, looks like it might be about 5-6%
Vincent
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2015-11-18T18:38:17.837Z
Check the "all quintiles" column of the table in the link I provided if you want the average of effective rates across everyone in the US.
dismalscience
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2015-11-18T18:42:51.890Z
ok so about 8.4 for 2011. Thanks a bunch!
Vincent
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dismalscience
<p>Anyone know a source for the average effective personal income tax rate for the US. By state also would be great.</p>

<p>Definition: average effective income tax rate = (Total income tax collected)/(Total income earned)</p>

<p>Possibly a source for the data to do the calculation.</p>

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2015-11-18T18:20:42.930Z
What you defined (total income tax collected/total income) is the average effective tax rate, not the marginal rate.
dismalscience
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@dismalscience, you are correct.
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Data source for average effective personal income tax rate?
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# Data source for average effective personal income tax rate?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-11-18)

Anyone know a source for the average effective personal income tax rate for the US. By state also would be great.

Definition: average effective income tax rate = (Total income tax collected)/(Total income earned)

Possibly a source for the data to do the calculation.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What you defined (total income tax collected/total income) is the average effective tax rate, not the marginal rate.  
> **username_0**: @username_1, you are correct.  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-11-18. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

For a lot of things, including [average effective (Federal) tax rates](http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=456), the Urban Institute/Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center is a great place to start. Look at the table that reads "Average Individual Income Tax Rate," as the first one also includes payroll, excise, and corporate taxes.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: This table almost has it, to bad they did not include to total effective. http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=366 I am really only looking for an estimate, looks like it might be about 5-6%  
> **username_1**: Check the "all quintiles" column of the table in the link I provided if you want the average of effective rates across everyone in the US.  
> **username_0**: ok so about 8.4 for 2011. Thanks a bunch!  

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