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But that's as good as ~60k in a job where you pay taxes
I hope you pay an accountant to do your taxes, because that's way, way off.
If you earn $60k in a state like, NY, your take home amount will be $45,363
CA: $47,763
TX: $49,949
There are different countries with different taxes. And in some they can get close to 50%
Marginal tax rate in California is about 50% for highest bracket (37% federal + 12.3% state).
But 60k is nowhere near that number of course (and effective tax rate is lower than marginal). I'd be surprised if there are any countries where income at ~4x poverty line (for an individual) would have anything near a 50% tax rate, but I could be wrong...
that CA tax was copied from the us tax office website's calculator. It does it by city, not just state, which I thought was interesting. (That number was from San Fran)
Out of curiosity, I looked up one of the highest taxed countries in the world: Finland.
$60,000usd = 54,133.80 Euro, with a take home of only € 31,447 (averaged tax rate of 41.9%, 53.2% on the marginal), which is $34,850usd
So, if Vampire@hexbear was thinking about Finland...
He gets a pass. (He wasn't, and OOP was using $, not €, but your point is otherwise valid!)
yes and no. Yes, you can get up to 98% tax rate, I'm sure - but that's not how tax brackets work.
also, OOP is from the USA.
GB: ~£45,000 also
but £60,000 is a lot more than $60,000usd, so I'd expect the overall rate to be higher.
so, while yes, take home would be £45,361, if it were the same...
$60,000usd = £45,575, which take home would be £36,335.40, which in USD would be $47,834
making the two countries basically the exact same for taxes.
Where are taxes that high?
In the Netherlands, jokes on you (prostitution is taxed)
Yeah, I’m a manbitch with a degree and I make nothing
Start fucking a man every day for $100 and start working towards that $365,000.
Bro u think that will work?
Even if you only did it every 3 days that's still over one hundred thousand k
FYI, if you live in Texas, it's the same as earning $43,000 before taxes. ($36,430 after taxes).
or $44,500 if you live in CA.
Nowhere near your $60k.
That "approximately" is doing a lot of heavy lifting is what I'm saying.