Chart: Average Effective Corporate Tax Rate by Industry, U.S. Average 2000-2009

Using firm-level financial data from Shackelford and Markle’s “Cross-Country Comparisons of Corporate Income Taxes,” this chart shows the average effective corporate income tax rate for U.S. major NAICS industries from 2000 to 2009.

All rates are statistically significant except for rate for “Real Estate and Rental and Leasing.”