Total tax paid
$28,030
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $5,273 to pay you $69,960. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $4.01 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.5% tax rate now rises to 37.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.8% higher than what it seemed at first.