Total tax paid
$1,595
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $236 to pay you $5,500. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $2.90 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
27.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 24.7% tax rate now rises to 27.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.1% higher than what it seemed at first.