<prompt> Human: I just looked at the math of my and my wifes income, and out of 84,000, were only getting 5,100 a month. This comes up to roughly 27 of our annual income being withheld. Is this standard? I know taxes need to be taken out and what not, but 27 is a huge chunk...If this does seem unusually high, what options do I have?  <response>: Not unusually high considering federal witholding state tax witholding social security medicare. 