Take-home comparison of the same pay as a W-2 employee vs a 1099 contractor — employee FICA vs self-employment tax (with the half-SE deduction) — and the higher contractor rate needed to match.

Take-home comparison of the same pay as a W-2 employee vs a 1099 contractor — employee FICA vs self-employment tax (with the half-SE deduction) — and the higher contractor rate needed to match.

Payment: x402 ($0.10 USDC on eip155:8453). Call unpaid to receive an HTTP 402 with requirements, then retry with the PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header. Method: W-2: pay - employeeFICA - fed tax on (pay - std); 1099: netProfit - SE tax - fed tax on (netProfit - halfSE - std); advantage + break-even rate uplift