Total tax paid
$1,250
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $275 to pay you $5,994. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $2.09 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.3% tax rate now rises to 19.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.6% higher than what it seemed at first.