Total tax paid
€ 10 001
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 1 956 to pay you € 17 702. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 5.65 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
50.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 45.4% tax rate now rises to 50.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.5% higher than what it seemed at first.