Total tax paid
$364
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $66.36 to pay you $3,000. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $1.21 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
11.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 9.9% tax rate now rises to 11.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2% higher than what it seemed at first.