Total tax paid
$ 6,175
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $ 1,500 to pay you $ 40,002. In other words, every time you spend $ 10 of your hard-earned money, $ 1.54 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
14.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.7% tax rate now rises to 14.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.2% higher than what it seemed at first.