So I was looking at my girlfriend's paycheck after she told me her check was only 36$ for 2 weeks (waitress with 50-60 hours @ 2 something an hour should be over 100$). This clearly didnt sound right, so I looked at it, and sure enough, she had 61 hours @ 2 and some change per hour which totaled 131 something. Total taxes and medicaid and whatnot taken out was 93$ so she got to keep 36 out of the 131 she earned (29% take home and 71% to the gov't).
I know when I was working, MAYBE 25% was coming out of my check. Why is she losing so much of her money, or is this standard for everyone now???