Total tax paid
$5,324
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $1,146 to pay you $17,000. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $3.13 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
29.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 24.6% tax rate now rises to 29.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.7% higher than what it seemed at first.