Total tax paid
$ 3,258
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $ 750 to pay you $ 21,000. In other words, every time you spend $ 10 of your hard-earned money, $ 1.55 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
15.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.9% tax rate now rises to 15.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.1% higher than what it seemed at first.