Total tax paid
$168
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $33.36 to pay you $1,508. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $1.12 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
10.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 9% tax rate now rises to 10.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.9% higher than what it seemed at first.