The payroll tax for income earners at top income levels in the United States is

A) progressive.
B) regressive.
C) proportional.
D) uniform.

Payroll Tax

Levies applied to employers or employees, most often calculated as a portion of the wages that employers disburse to their personnel.

Regressive

A term often used in taxation to describe a situation where the tax rate decreases as the taxable amount increases, placing a higher relative burden on lower earners.

Top Income Levels

Refers to the highest segment of earners in an economic distribution, often associated with a significant proportion of the total income of a society.