Also don't forget school district taxes.

I recently graduated from college and am considering taking a W2 job that is outside my field of study.

Hi,I am looking to buy a 3 bed single family house with decent schools in San Diego.

(I got a certificate in HVACR before I went to computer school back in the '70s.)

I was going to avoid that because I am 42 with a wife and 2 elementary school kids, and although I have the motivation and free-spirit to do that, my wife is quite conservative and wants that nice dream house =) Which I definitely want to provide.

It is just like a teacher in a school. 

This includes rental income, which is typically taxed at a flat rate of 30% unless you elect to treat the income as "effectively connected" to a U.S. trade or business, which allows for graduated tax rates and deductions. 

When I graduated in 2018 I really hit the ground running.

My only potential caution is do you know what you will be doing when you graduate in the spring.

@Damein WhiteDifferent cities or municipalities could have better or worse schools as well as one of them could require a POS and the other could be the city of Cleveland which doesn't require that.