What is your overall tax rate in the US (if you include healthcare)? If you were earning similar amounts in the UK, your overall tax rate would be ~45%.
But seems like overall it would work out to be about the same. Certainly not a huge difference in tax levels.
Examples: my health insurance for the family is ~$500/month, my electricity and gas bill (combined) peaked at $1200/month, property taxes are ~$1300/month, all rounded to $100.
I fixed the electricity by installing solar and (later) Tesla power walls, but I can’t do much about the other two.
It still works out, monetarily, for me because (and I’m not sure if I was clear on this before), I didn’t make anything like this sort of money in the uk, and didn’t really expect to.
That is insane. Why so high? are these normal rates in the US?
I pay £100-£120 for electricity (no gas here).