I was just using it as an example where the effective rate ends up nowhere near the rates people temd to talk about - I've seen a lot of prior talk about state

I was just using it as an example where the effective rate ends up nowhere near the rates people temd to talk about - I've seen a lot of prior talk about state taxes for engineers mentioning rates like that too, and did a quick lookup on online income tax calculators to make the point that effective state income tax rates in California are not as straightforward as looking up a % and quoting it.