Total tax paid
$129
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $40.41 to pay you $1,704. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $0.76 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
7.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5.2% tax rate now rises to 7.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.2% higher than what it seemed at first.