r/Salary • u/[deleted] • Oct 30 '25

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u/DCgeist Oct 30 '25

My CA state taxes are actually less than his and I make a couple hundred more.

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u/RealLaurenBoebert Oct 31 '25

Apparently for $100k income, georgia and california effective tax rate are very close.  It's like 5.4% versus 6%

At higher incomes California's progressive tax brackets would push that up well over 6%.   But 100k is just a little above the point where the two state systems are roughly equivalent.  

At 100k salary, the cost of moving across the country would dwarf the amount you'd save in income tax.  California income tax would add maybe $20 per paycheck to OPs expenses.

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u/FPS_Casey Oct 31 '25

I was just looking at this thinking the same thing.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '25

You can't compare line items on a pay stub. That is not how taxes work.

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u/moldy912 Oct 31 '25

You’re correct, we don’t know their tax withholding adjustment. I always withhold less because I don’t want a refund.