Just realized how crazy the tax burden varies depending on where you live. Been wondering if 150k a good salary in florida, and turns out it's actually one of the better states for this because there's no state income tax. You need to earn around $201k gross to take home $150k there, which is roughly a 25.5% total tax burden. Compare that to somewhere like Oregon or California where you're looking at $231k and $226k respectively just to net the same amount. The difference is insane when you think about it. A few states like Texas, Nevada, Washington, and Tennessee have the same situation as Florida with no state income tax, so if you're trying to maximize what you actually keep, those are your spots. Meanwhile, if you're in a high-tax state like Oregon, your tax burden jumps to 35.1% just to hit that same $150k take-home. Really makes you think about whether staying in your current state is worth it from a pure numbers perspective.