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Too low of a paycheck?

My son busted his butt at work to earn more money. His paycheck was 1,100.00 and he brought home 640.00 in his check. This CANNOT be right! That is almost 50%. Does anyone know what percentage is normally withheld? He is single with no dependents.

Update:

He has no insurance taken out and no 401K

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  • Judy
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Actually it's 41.4%, not 50%. If he's making that much per week and lives somewhere with high state and local taxes, and put 0 on his W-4, not out of line. You don't give anywhere near enough info to guess if it's right.

  • 8 years ago

    Ask to look at his pay stub.

    He might have health insurance being taken out.

    He might even be contributing to a 401K.

    He might even have a wage garnishment he is not telling you about.

    No one can answer you here. No one.

  • 8 years ago

    FICA

    state tax

    fed tax

    just look at the check stub

    single and 0 is the highest tax rate, if he claims himself he could be single and 1

  • 8 years ago

    Post the numbers from his pay stub (no identifying data) and we can have a look. Include how often he is paid, i.e. weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, etc.

    Or just run the numbers here: http://www.paycheckcity.com/

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