[hellofunk]

Income tax for a California resident is quite a bit higher than Dutch income tax for most income brackets.

Dutch income tax more closely resembles the tax bracket in midwest America.

My income tax percent in Holland is slightly lower than it was in the U.S. and my pay is a bit higher than it was in the U.S.

[ricardobeat]

Are we looking at the same Netherlands? A quick search tells me California's highest bracket is 13%. In NL you're lucky to get ~25% effective rate as a knowledge migrant, going steeply up to 52%.

[hellofunk]

13% for the state tax is huge, now add that to the U.S. Federal income tax as well, and see what your actual tax percentage is.

[vmarsy]

13% would be the state income tax.

On top of that you need to pay the federal income tax, as well as social security and Medicare tax!