The numbers were combined to find an overall rating of employee happiness for each respondent, and then they were sorted by salary bracket to find who the happiest workers were.

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His salary puts him in the 25% bracket.

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She uses aftertax salary--no big sacrifice, given her low bracket--to fund a Roth individual retirement account.

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