Total tax paid
$104
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $35.57 to pay you $1,500. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $0.69 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
6.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 4.5% tax rate now rises to 6.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.2% higher than what it seemed at first.