📰 Paychecks in the News

Everyone knows what they earn.
Almost nobody knows what they keep.

We go behind the headline numbers — showing the federal taxes, state taxes, and what each dollar really means in context.

● Live Breakdowns
🎟️ Lottery
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Powerball Winner Take-Home
$378M kept
A $1 billion jackpot becomes $600M in cash, then taxes take another $222M. See the full 50-state breakdown — and what $378 million actually looks like in the real world.
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🎤 Music
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Michael Jackson
~$435M kept
$750M+ career earnings across Thriller royalties, three world tours, and the Beatles catalog — but tax rates swung from 61% in 1982 to just 37% in 1988. Full career breakdown, 2025 biopic edition.
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🏀 Sports
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Michael Jordan
$1.8B+ career
NBA salary, six championships, Space Jam, and a Nike deal worth $1.3B lifetime. What did the GOAT actually keep after Illinois and federal taxes?
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🎸 Music
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Taylor Swift
~$1B Eras Tour
The most profitable concert tour in history — by a Nashville artist living in Tennessee, a no-income-tax state. What did she actually keep?
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🏀 Sports
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LeBron James
$500M+ career
From Cleveland (Ohio) to Miami (no state tax) to Los Angeles (California's 13.3%). His state choices cost — or saved — him tens of millions.
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⛳ Sports
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Tiger Woods
$1.7B+ career
Golf's first billionaire athlete, Florida resident since 1996. How much did the state move save him, and what did his peak Nike deal really net?
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The number you hear is never the number they keep

A $1B lottery jackpot pays out $600M in cash. A $33M NBA contract in California nets roughly $17M. Federal taxes, state taxes, and the difference between California (13.3%) and Texas (0%) can mean $80 million on a single deal. These pages show the math.

Calculate Your Own Take-Home

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US Annual Salary
All 50 states, any income
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Paycheck Calculator
Per paycheck breakdown
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Salary After Taxes Hub
$25k to $5M breakdowns
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$1M Salary
What a million-dollar earner keeps
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Bonus Tax Calculator
Supplemental withholding rate
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All State Calculators
See why state choice matters

All celebrity and lottery earnings figures are estimates based on publicly reported data, Forbes research, and industry analyses. Actual figures are private. Not financial or legal advice.