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If my salary is $6500 a month, and I intern for three months, how much can I expect to lose to taxes?

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    Are you a US resident? Do you work the rest of the year? Do you live in Washington state all year, or will you just be there for the internship? Please provide more details so that we can answer your question.
    – Ellie K
    Commented Apr 14, 2015 at 6:24

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The amount of taxes you'll owe at the state level depends where you live. Since WA doesn't collect income tax, you will not pay WA any income tax.

However, if your state of permanent residence is not WA, and that state does collect income tax, you are probably on the hook to pay your state of residence income tax based on your earnings in any state, including WA. Even though the state where you worked doesn't collect income tax.

Unless your home state and WA have a reciprocity agreement, but it's unlikely a state would form such an agreement with a no-income tax state.

Example: if I call Colorado home, but I spent 3 months working in Washington and earned $10k, then Colorado will insist I pay them 4.5% of those earnings.

You will pay federal taxes regardless. The amount may depend on your income over the rest of the year.

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    Nice answer. I think Federal taxes are worth mentioning as well
    – littleadv
    Commented Apr 14, 2015 at 6:07
  • I should have mentioned that WA may collect some line item called "WA WC" or something, but it's a pretty small amount, and it's possible they don't collect from non-residents anyway.
    – wilee
    Commented Apr 14, 2015 at 17:58

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