<prompt> Human: Im trying to make sense of all this craziness. I feel like im paying too much granted I dont make as much, so this is all relative. Im estimated to make 44,330 this year. Filing single, with 2 w4 allowances, im estimated to NET 35,643. This is about 8,687 that ill be paying in taxes. Thats a huge chunk! Am I doing this right? Do IShould I change anything? Welcome to real life?Edit: im in texas, so no state taxAssistant: Based on my rough math, 7 FICA, 10 federal, which leaves 3 state. Seems right.Human: forgot to mention im in texas, no state taxAssistant: Still seems right. FICA is actually 7.65 and my math was very very rough to get 10 so 11 or 12 would also be reasonable. So yea, seems right. And 20 isnt that high at all.Why did you think its wrong in the first place?Human: I guess it just seems like a huge chunk of money gone .  <response>: The more you make, the higher that percent will be. 