You can go plug your income into a tax calculator for NYC and you’ll see that on a 200k income you’d be paying 4.15% on each pay check - this takes into account

You can go plug your income into a tax calculator for NYC and you’ll see that on a 200k income you’d be paying 4.15% on each pay check - this takes into account the progressive tax system on the federal state and city level. This is almost exactly what comes out of my paychecks every two weeks, and no I don’t get much back at the end of the year.