Total tax paid
$330
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $71.15 to pay you $3,000. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $1.10 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
10.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8.6% tax rate now rises to 10.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.2% higher than what it seemed at first.