Total tax paid
$2,004
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $1,937 to pay you $18,443. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $1.09 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
9.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.4% tax rate now rises to 9.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.4% higher than what it seemed at first.