If you consider <i>only</i> Medicaid, SNAP, and EITC, the lost benefits equate to at least a $10,000 tax on the first $70,000 gross (an effect 14% tax). Since the chart is only showing a subset of lost benefits, it can&#x27;t show if you&#x27;re &quot;better off&quot; because it doesn&#x27;t show all the lost benefits and it doesn&#x27;t show the effect of taxes.<p>First, there are all the programs the chart simply ignores. Some are asset-tested like TANF and SSI, so you can&#x27;t just stop working and start claiming them. Yet they pay out about $70 billion so they are not insignificant. Others are income-based and can be very significant, like Section 8 which could pay $10,000&#x2F;yr in rental assistance.<p>Another question, is it fair to value Medicaid as the average cost &#x2F; enrolled person, when the government is getting a special low rate? If valued on a <i>replacement cost</i> basis (what it costs for worse insurance paid for by the employee+employer) then it would be valued closer to $20,000 in premiums plus the deductible.<p>So yes, you can easily lose $40,000 in benefits, and pay $20,000 in taxes earning that first $100k gross, besides the fact that it will cost you 4160 hours of work to get there.