<prompt> Human: In my first year of the job I will be making 46000 10k signing bonus 36k salary. I work in the public sector so my job withholds money from my paycheck for taxes. Biweekly I get a paycheck for 1020 and from that 10k signing bonus I only saw 7000 of it. My net salary for the year will be 31480 so around 30 of my salary is being withheld for taxes. Im a single filer on my taxes and am still paying off student loans. Does this seem right to anyone here?  <response>: Check out your pay stub really carefully a lot of public sector jobs have a mandatory minimum contribution to your pension fund that they withhold from your paycheck. I worked briefly in the public sector and that was a surprise that caught me off guard. 