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Marriage tax penalties usually affect high income, especially where both spouses make a lot. In many cases taxes go down.
Mine went down, for sure, but I'm a sole earner.
I was married (now divorced) and ours definitely went up. We both made about 45k at the time.
American marriage tax codes are written to benefit the sort of couple with a stay-at-home-spouse. Having one person without an income (or with a significantly lower income) in the marriage effectively pulls you down in the tax brackets as a whole.
If you both make around the same, you'll see it go up. If you make vastly different amounts (such as by having only one income), it'll go down.