Texas' Tax System Is Upside-Down

The lowest-income Texans pay more than 14% of their income in state and local taxes, while the wealthiest pay less than 4%.

The chart indicates the average percentage of income paid in selected state and local taxes by five quintiles of Texas households, classified by annual income. Each quintile contains about 2.3 million households.
Chart: Every TexanSource: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Tax Exemptions and Tax Incidence, Jan. 2025.Created with Datawrapper