There was a discussion in one of my other groups and someone said a couple making $100k was paying 20% income tax. I knew that was BS, even taking the standard deduction and nothing else. It ends up being around 8%. (I was paying more like 11% before the tax cut on 100k) To get to 20%, you need to make over $350,000
From the work sheet at the end of the 2018 tax tables. . $350,000 minus $24,000 standard deduction
326,000 Times .32 tax rate 104,320 Minus $36.621 Adjustment for money in lower brackets $67,669 That is still only 19.34% of $350k I think most people would think $360k a year is righteous bucks.