<prompt> Human: EDIT: typo in the title, 4K not 4000k.As title I am a foreign worker in the state of California. When I accepted my job I thought was a great offer. So any choose I made after that was based on my salary housing, transportation etc. When I received my first check thought I was so surprised to see 40 of my salary going away.  <response>: Congrats on your six figure job. In Cali, youre going to pay taxes. thegandhi has the better general advice like maxing out and getting deductions in the thread so far. 