Total tax paid
$19,026
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $4,152 to pay you $55,000. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $3.46 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
32.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 27% tax rate now rises to 32.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.2% higher than what it seemed at first.