Total tax paid
$18,574
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $1,380 to pay you $45,998. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $4.04 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 37.4% tax rate now rises to 39.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.8% higher than what it seemed at first.