# How much of paycheck gets taken?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-paycheck-gets-taken/299416>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 15, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-paycheck-gets-taken/299416 "2005-04-15T02:24:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-paycheck-gets-taken/299416/21 "2005-04-15T18:45:49Z")

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That should be a certain percentage of your tuition.

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**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-paycheck-gets-taken/299416/22 "2005-04-15T19:01:55Z")

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I have my W2 forms here and just did the calculations…I had 13% of my gross pay taken out for federal taxes in 2004. I get back .51% of that, so 13% seems pretty close. I’m a student, no dependents, being claimed as a dependent by my parents.

State taxes vary.

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