[andi999]

Wait, you only pay 40k tax on 400k? Or how much other taxes on salary are there in the US?

[glenngillen]

That’s just state tax (CA being one of the highest). They’ll have to pay the same federal rates as everyone else on top of that. I assume the reason for excluding it is that’d stay constant no matter where you live in the US.

[andi999]

So how high would this be?

[DavidPeiffer]

Bad math, 110k in federal taxes and 15k in FICA (social security, Medicare, Medicaid).

https://smartasset.com/taxes/income-taxes

[weebwoobfly]

Probably between city, state, and federal just under 50% total.

[mythz]

He's just talking about California State Taxes, not Federal Income Tax.