u/BruceBannerOfHeaven

I recently changed my withholding because I picked up a side gig. I expect to earn about $5k throughout the year from that. My federal tax went up a lot in addition to the withholding on the most recent check. Here’s the numbers on CalConnect:

Gross Pay - $5,752.10
Fed Tax - $799.43 (Last checks were all $451.41)
State Tax - $182.62 (Same as last times)
Fed Tax Adj - $178 (Expected from change)
St Tax Adj - $30 (Also expected)

So basically why did my normal tax jump up $348.02? I take the standard deduction and did not change anything except the additional withholding ($178) through CalConnect.

Anyone have any idea what’s up?