<prompt> Human: So worked during the summer and the company end up paying me about 25k which I end up receiving 16k due to taxes, which is set up the tax rate at 36, is this right? As far as I know your first 118k are tax at 7.5, then 10 of the next 9K, 15 of the next 28K etc. Note I dont have any other source of income during the year and not all that money is salary, some of it fall into a relocation bonus.Edit: This is Washington, US. I did a mistake I put that I was living in California and working in seattle. Edit2: Some factors that may affect the tax rates is that Im considered dependent as Im in college, but I do have a lot of debt.Assistant: Is this in America? You need to adjust your withholding on your w4. Also, the effective tax rate is not 7.5 although we all wish it were. Look up tax brackets. Human: Life would be rad if it were 7.5Fuck, state tax is more than that.Assistant: If you read the wiki it says: Taxes. Your employee income is taxed withheld like so: 7.5 of the first 118K goes to social securitymedicare taxes. We hope you will benefit in the future, too! Then your income is taxed at higher rates as you make more. Assuming no special deductions, 0 for the first 10K...  <response>: This is ONLY social security retirement paid by the government. This does not include federal or state tax. 