US salary question

[Seth8530]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

AT the current $-£ exchange rate I am on roughly $54,000 I pay 20% income tax and then National Insurance (Pays for NHS) on top of that which works out at maybe another 10%.. Then my local tax is about 5% of my income. According to an American friend of mine unless I was living in NY or DC $54,000 isn't a bad income at all.

That figure all depends on if you are married or not and how many children you have. and whether or not your wife makes money. 54k for a single man though is more than enough to live well.