Total tax paid
$2,185
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $356 to pay you $7,020. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $3.11 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
29.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 26.1% tax rate now rises to 29.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.5% higher than what it seemed at first.