Total tax paid
$222
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $44.28 to pay you $2,002. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $1.11 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
10.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 8.9% tax rate now rises to 10.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2% higher than what it seemed at first.