Warren Buffet famously pays taxes at a lower rate than his secretary. https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/01/warren-buffett-and-his-secretary-talk-taxes

Warren Buffet famously pays taxes at a lower rate than his secretary. https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/01/warren-buffett-and-his-secretary-talk-taxes https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/01/warren-buffett... This is an anecdote but there's no reason to expect that this doesn't apply to his classmates. So, yes; given all the rebates and loopholes and shenanigans that the rich and mega-rich can use, the proportion of income is lower.