The chart below shows every state’s top rate on wage income in 2006, 2016, and 2026, along with a line incorporating proposed rate increases in Michigan (4.25 to 9.25 percent), Rhode Island(5.99 to 8.99 percent), Virginia (5.75 to 10.0 percent), and Washington (a 0.58 percent wage tax to a 9.99 percent tax on high earners plus the existing wage tax). A significant clustering of top rates between 4.63 and 7.0 percent in 2006 is followed by dispersion, with most states’ top rates declining while a few states’ rates increase dramatically.