I'm sure the actual numbers are a bit different, but taking what you said literally - at $150k salary you're taking home $100k after taxes. At $250k salary you'

I'm sure the actual numbers are a bit different, but taking what you said literally - at $150k salary you're taking home $100k after taxes. At $250k salary you're taking home 160k after taxes. So it's not quite as simple, you're handing quite a bit to the tax man, although I'm sure someone more interested could find some useful tricks.