Is that itemizing the CA taxes or just taking the standard deduction? The rule of thumb in CA is if you make more than $100,000, your state taxes are larger than the standard deduction.
OP here. Good point, it is definitely using standard deduction.
well, based on the ADP site, that's about a $3k difference in annual state tax vs. standard deduction for CA, so I don't think that changes things too much, but good to know for someone like me who's already here in san jose.