Total tax paid
$15,090
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $2,985 to pay you $40,250. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $3.75 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.1% tax rate now rises to 34.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.8% higher than what it seemed at first.