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English: Average annual percent growth in U.S. nonfarm employment, by top marginal income tax rate, 1940-2011
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Source Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Tax Policy Center.
Author w:User:Cupco; based on an original graph from "Rich People’s Taxes Have Little to Do with Job Creation" by Michael Linden, Center for American Progress, June 27, 2011

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Source data table[edit]

Here is the source data from the BLS and TPC sources linked above:

year jobs created top individual
income tax rate:
0-35% 36-50% 51-75% over 75%
0.5% 1.9% 2.5% 2.7% column means from below: bar height values
1940 8.3% 81.10% 8.3%
1941 11.5% 81.00% 11.5%
1942 10.0% 88.00% 10.0%
1943 2.0% 88.00% 2.0%
1944 -2.1% 94.00% -2.1%
1945 -6.6% 94.00% -6.6%
1946 10.9% 86.45% 10.9%
1947 2.8% 86.45% 2.8%
1948 1.0% 82.13% 1.0%
1949 -3.4% 82.13% -3.4%
1950 7.7% 91.00% 7.7%
1951 3.1% 91.00% 3.1%
1952 3.8% 92.00% 3.8%
1953 -0.9% 92.00% -0.9%
1954 -0.7% 91.00% -0.7%
1955 5.0% 91.00% 5.0%
1956 2.2% 91.00% 2.2%
1957 -1.0% 91.00% -1.0%
1958 -0.6% 91.00% -0.6%
1959 4.0% 91.00% 4.0%
1960 -0.8% 91.00% -0.8%
1961 2.1% 91.00% 2.1%
1962 2.1% 91.00% 2.1%
1963 2.4% 91.00% 2.4%
1964 3.6% 77.00% 3.6%
1965 4.9% 70.00% 4.9%
1966 4.6% 70.00% 4.6%
1967 2.6% 70.00% 2.6%
1968 3.5% 75.25% 3.5%
1969 2.9% 77.00% 2.9%
1970 -0.6% 71.75% -0.6%
1971 1.9% 70.00% 1.9%
1972 4.4% 70.00% 4.4%
1973 3.7% 70.00% 3.7%
1974 -0.5% 70.00% -0.5%
1975 0.5% 70.00% 0.5%
1976 3.1% 70.00% 3.1%
1977 4.9% 70.00% 4.9%
1978 5.1% 70.00% 5.1%
1979 2.2% 70.00% 2.2%
1980 0.3% 70.00% 0.3%
1981 -0.1% 69.13% -0.1%
1982 -2.3% 50.00% -2.3%
1983 3.9% 50.00% 3.9%
1984 4.2% 50.00% 4.2%
1985 2.6% 50.00% 2.6%
1986 1.9% 50.00% 1.9%
1987 3.1% 38.50% 3.1%
1988 3.1% 28.00% 3.1%
1989 1.8% 28.00% 1.8%
1990 0.3% 31.00% 0.3%
1991 -0.8% 31.00% -0.8%
1992 1.1% 31.00% 1.1%
1993 2.5% 39.60% 2.5%
1994 3.4% 39.60% 3.4%
1995 1.9% 39.60% 1.9%
1996 2.4% 39.60% 2.4%
1997 2.8% 39.60% 2.8%
1998 2.4% 39.60% 2.4%
1999 2.5% 39.60% 2.5%
2000 1.5% 39.60% 1.5%
2001 -1.3% 38.60% -1.3%
2002 -0.4% 38.60% -0.4%
2003 0.1% 35.00% 0.1%
2004 1.6% 35.00% 1.6%
2005 1.9% 35.00% 1.9%
2006 1.5% 35.00% 1.5%
2007 0.8% 35.00% 0.8%
2008 -2.6% 35.00% -2.6%
2009 -3.8% 35.00% -3.8%
2010 0.8% 35.00% 0.8%
2011 1.4% 35.00% 1.4%

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