Total tax paid
$1,444
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $315 to pay you $6,499. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $2.22 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
21.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.4% tax rate now rises to 21.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.8% higher than what it seemed at first.