Tax Policy Center

Fiscal Facts

May 29, 2023
Federal payroll tax revenues were equivalent to 5.9% of GDP in 2022. After rising steadily for decades because of tax rate increases and base broadening, revenues leveled off in the 1990s, averaging 6.1% of GDP since then.
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Federal payroll tax revenues were equivalent to 5.9% of GDP in 2022. After rising steadily for decades because of tax rate increases and base broadening, revenues leveled off in the 1990s, averaging 6.1% of GDP since then.
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