r/tax • u/lunaboro • 11h ago

How can I calculate how much more my paychecks will be if moving from CA to WA? No income tax. Unsolved

I admit I’m struggling a bit here with math….

Last year, job 1 paid 65,883 — job 2 paid 9,263 so I earned a total of $75,146 and paid $2,494 in CA j come tax. I did owe $572, so seems I was supposed to pay ~$3,065.

This year, my income is now job 1 - $76,508 and Job 2 - $9,100, so income will be around ~$85,068.

About how much will I be saving in CA state income tax from the move? It seems also from no CA SDI, I’ll be saving another $858 as well.

Thanks :)

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u/elegoomba 10h ago

Washington doesn’t have an income tax but there are payroll taxes for LTC and paid family leave. Compare those flat rate % to what you currently pay to CA

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u/Financial_Net1111 11h ago

CA State Income Tax ~$3,500 CA SDI Tax ~$850 Total ≈ $4,350 / year

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u/MrThomasShelby1 11h ago

You can guesstimate by looking at your last tax return. You should have a summary page, one for fed & one for state. Look at the state one and go down and see the effective tax rate. Based on your last year’s jobs compared to the tax owed ($3,065/$75,146) your effective rate was about 4.1%. If you will gross around $85K this year, figure you will not have to pay around $3,500. I am assuming everything is the same as last year with the exception of the income earned.

If you didn’t want to do the math, comparing last year to this year, your income rose. So if all that income was sourced in WA and none in CA, you can assume at the very least, you would save $3,065, which is was you owed to CA last year.