Comment on somebody has a case of the Mondays

• Quokka@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  The mean annual wage for a tradie is $43K, which should put them in the 12% tax bracket.

  So all those other taxes are adding up to an additional 28%?

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  • Einskjaldi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    No. If you’re doing 55 hrs with overtime you should be closer to 60.

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    • SpeakerToLampposts@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      After the standard deduction, that’d still put them in the 12% bracket, even if they’re single. And that 12% is just the marginal rate, not the overall rate.

      If single person made $60k in 2025, and only got the standard personal deduction ($15,750), that deduction drops their taxable income to $44,250. Of that:
      The first $11,925 is taxed at 10%, so $1,192.
      The rest ($32,325 = $44,250-$11,925) is taxed at 12%, so $3,879.
      Their total income tax is thus $5,071 (=$1,192+$3,879).
      $5,071 / $60,000 = 0.08452, meaning they’d pay an effective tax rate of 8.452%.

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