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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by bcheung on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @03:41PM (#13179462)
Where are you getting 13.3%? Most likely a software developer is going to be in the 9.3% bracket. And it is also a graduated bracket system so you are only paying that 9.3% on income over $51K.

See https://smartasset.com/taxes/california-tax-calculator

On a $150K income you are going to be paying an effective rate for CA around 7%.

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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by linkregister on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @07:22PM (#13181106)
You're omitting MediCal. It ends up being about 13% (marginal) after it is added.
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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by mercutio2 on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @09:08PM (#13181743)
13.3% is the marginal tax for people making over $1 million/year in CA. People in that income bracket are not worrying about whether they should move to the Bay Area.
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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by bcheung on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @10:04PM (#13182046)
Are you referring to CA OASDI/EE?

Not sure what MediCal is. You mean Medicare? That's federal.

CA OASDI/EE is 0.9% but you only pay it on the first $100K or so.

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