<prompt> Human: Also, I pay my bills and save a little money but I am far from knowledgeable on this stuff. I got a new job with better pay, I negotiated to what I thought was a good wage. Lets say 50k. I made 30k at my last job. I changed fields and had an applicable degree to help leverageI get my pay check BEFORE medicaldentalretirement is taken out and it is only 400 more biweekly than my last job. Take insurances and retirement out and now I break even compared to my last job where I made 20k less.I changed tax brackets and such but is there something I am missing? I started in September so maybe for the next few months my taxes will be higher because of the half a year I am at a higher rate? Then it dips back down to a 12 month rate? Sorry I am dumb but any tips would be nice, please dont tell me I should have done more math and asked for more money. I have to learn before I can do that. Thanks anyone.  <response>: I changed tax brackets and such but is there something I am missing?Yeah - your withholding is likely different than your last job. You wont lose money by going up a tax bracket only the dollars above the cutoff are taxed higher. so maybe for the next few months my taxes will be higher because of the half a year I am at a higher rate?Just an FYI, but no, they dont do that.If your new job is 50,000, and assuming youre single, have no kids, are not a dependent, and dont itemize, Federal income taxes are 5864. 30k, fed income taxes are 2484, so 3200 difference. Theres also state income taxes, and FICA the latter is a flat 7.65. So you should be netting 20k-5k 15k more, minus a bit if you have state income taxes. Right now youre netting 40026 10,000 more. So why is your paycheck so low? Assuming your 401k is the same which it probably isnt and your healthcare is the same also probably not, then withholding is or was off. Youll either get this money back, or youll stop owing the IRS so much in April. I suggest you go to your HR and fill out another W-4 to get the right number of allowances. 