What career does your future hold? What will your salary be? What will your taxable income be? Visit the Web site of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook to explore occupations you might enter when you graduate. Click the "A-Z Index" link to search for the career that most interests you. Scroll down to the section titled "Earnings".

Answer the questions below by typing your answers in the space provided. To assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.

1) Using the median annual income (or average yearly salary) as your base, calculate the tax bracket for the income from a job you find interesting, using the chart at the bottom of this page. For example, the median annual income earned by architects is $52,510, which would give most architects a tax rate of 25%.

2) Click on two or three other occupations that you find interesting. What is the median annual income?

3) Calculate the tax bracket you would be in for each of the other occupations you have chosen. How do the incomes and tax brackets of these careers compare with your original career choice?

U.S. Tax Brackets-2014
Single Taxpayer	Rate
0- $9,075	10%
$9,075 to $36,900	15%
$36,900 to $89,350	25%
$89,350 to $186,350	28%
$186,350 to $405,100	33%
$405,100 to $406,750	35%
$406,750 and above	39.6%