Suppose you are a typical person in the U.S. economy. You pay 4 percent of yourincome in a state income tax and 15.3 percent of your labor earnings in federal payrolltaxes (employer and employee shares combined). You also pay federal income taxes asin Table 2. How much tax of each type do you pay if you earn $30,000 a year? Taking alltaxes into account, what are your average and marginal tax rates? What happens toyour tax bill and to your average and marginal tax rates if your income rises to$60,000?

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