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For income made in 2015, the highest marginal income tax rate in the U.S. has been set at 39.6%. That will apply to single filers who made more than $413,201, to married joint filers who made over $464,850 and to heads of household who made at least $439,001. The income tax rate applies not necessarily to one's entire income, but only to taxable income, or gross adjusted income.
The rate of tax at the federal level is graduated; that is, the tax rates of higher amounts of income are higher than on lower amounts. Some states and localities impose an income tax at a graduated rate, and some at a flat rate on all taxable income. The highest marginal tax rate for individuals for U.S. federal income tax purposes for tax years 1952 and 1953 was 92%. 2  Since 1964, the threshold for paying top income tax rate has generally been between $200,000 and $400,000.