Dang it, I did make a major error in my haste. I guesstimated the rate by eye on the following, but inadvertently used the percentage of returns filed instead of tax rate, d'oh.
So my 25% guesstimate should've been 5 to 10%. My sincerest apologies. I'll use 7%.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfa....cfm?Docid=366
Interestingly it does show that overall higher income generators do indeed pay a higher percentage of income.
For state:
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfa...90&Topic3id=92
But at least at the federal level it does not include a whole boatload of additional funds extorted out of us in various devious ways. According to this:
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfa...20&Topic3id=21
income tax generated only 44% of total federal reciepts in 09. So you can easily double the effective rate for a clearer picture of what we are actually paying.
I'm very surprised no one's done a state by state map using averages for local. You'd probably get a lot of site traffic.
Pete