What do American people think about wealth taxes?
Economic axis · 🇺🇸 the United States · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
36% of American respondents take the position “When a few people hold so much wealth, taxes should bring it back down.”, against 47% for “Big private fortunes are earned, and should not be capped.”, with 17% choosing neither. n = 136, margin of error ±8.5, weighted to the United States's adult population.
Where the United States sits on economic
What is measured about the United States on this axis. These are facts about the country, not what its people think about them — that is the part of this page waiting on a sample.
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Income inequality (Gini)
World Bank PovcalNet/PIP · 2024
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41.8 0–100 |
higher than most countries
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Income per person
World Bank / ICP · 2025
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$76,931 |
among the highest in the world
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Tax revenue
IMF Government Finance Statistics · 2024
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10.8% |
lower than most countries
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.
The questions that bear on wealth taxes
Asked as a forced choice between two written positions, in randomised order, with the sides flipped for half of respondents.
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A · Big private fortunes are earned, and should not be capped.
B · When a few people hold so much wealth, taxes should bring it back down.
World, unweighted: 24% A ·
20% neither ·
55% B · n = 3752
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36% B 🇺🇸 n=136 |
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A · What you leave your children is your own business.
B · What one person leaves behind should be taxed heavily.
World, unweighted: 25% A ·
23% neither ·
51% B · n = 1548
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🇺🇸 n=47 of 100 |
A national figure appears only once that nation clears 100 responses on the question. The world column is a raw count of every answer received and is not post-stratified — it is shown because withholding it would say less, not more.
Asked another way
The same question, as people put it.
- The united states public opinion on wealth taxes
- Wealth taxes poll the united states
- What do american people think about wealth taxes
- What percentage of american people support wealth taxes
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.