Screenshots from an interactive animation on Slate.com

The affect of the recession is dramatically illustrated in this example. In the first screenshot we see the job growth in 2006

In the second screen shot we see the job loss Oct 2008-Oct 2009

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I wanted to try out the new Tableau Public so I took the Average Tax Rates I calculated for my Comparing Rates by Income series and created this little graph. A couple disclaimers: I am assuming standard deduction and exemptions for the children and/or spouse in each example. Also I am combining all the taxes applied to your salary including: Income, Social Security, Medicare, and Payroll (paid by your employer).

Since this is a live, interactive chart you can hide/show each line using the check boxes at the bottom of the graph.

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From Shrinkage is Good

A breakdown of employment by different industries and along with unemployment statistics. Although some of the graphs are a little confusing, if you look at the last graph you can see the unemployment rate by sector, 2009 vs 2010. Red bars means the rate was going up blue bars the rate was going down.

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Dorling Cartogram of US Unemployment, 1980 – 2009 from Alex Kerin on Vimeo.

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From the Chicago Tribune found via infographics

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From The Wealth Report blog

Although the graphic is nothing special you don’t see this data very often. Change in overall wealth (not income). The rich suffered a smaller percentage decline than did the bottom 90% from 2007-2009.

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This Heat Map of Tax Brackets was created by Stephen Von Worley over at WeatherSealed found via @Brainpicker

The brighter the color the higher the tax rate. Notice that the income plotted on the y-axis is a log scale.

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Updated April 13, 2010:  I don’t think my original labels were clear so I tried to fix it with new labels and I reorder the graphs.

This is a new infographic illustrating the marginal federal tax rate applied to different salaries. It shows the difference between the combined rate levied on an employee (Income + SSN + Medicare marginal tax rate) and the additional rate levied on the employer, i.e. the payroll tax (SSN + Medicare tax) I am using the same examples that I created in the previous six graphics looking at the average tax rate.

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The sixth in series of infographics I am designing to illustrate the average federal tax rate applied to different salaries. This time I am graphing the average tax rates for a married couple with to kids and one salary. With 2 kids there are 2 more exemptions which increases the income tax cut offs for all tax brackets compared to the married with no children graphic.

If you take a look at your W-2 form you can see that there are 3 different taxes applied to salaries and wages:

The income tax graph is created from the 2009 tax schedule for a couple filing jointly or qualifying widow(er):

which you can find from the IRS Tax Tables here while the information about the social security and medicare tax can be found here.

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The fifth in series of infographics I am designing to illustrate the average federal tax rate applied to different salaries. This time I am graphing the average tax rates for a Head of Household with one child.

The difference between this graph and the couple with one income is the smaller standard deduction and lower cut offs for 10%, 15%, 25%, and 28% rates both of which raises their average income tax rate.

The income tax graph is created from the 2009 tax schedule for a Head of Household:

which you can find from the IRS Tax Tables here while the information about the social security and medicare tax can be found here.

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