Total tax paid
$1,536
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $334 to pay you $6,738. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $2.28 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
21.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.8% tax rate now rises to 21.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.9% higher than what it seemed at first.