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[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (15 children)

But that's as good as ~60k in a job where you pay taxes

[–] ChoppersMo@aussie.zone 12 points 2 months ago (7 children)

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

[–] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

There are different countries with different taxes. And in some they can get close to 50%

[–] ChoppersMo@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

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!)

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