Total tax paid
€ 9,228
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer € 1,465 to pay you € 18,009. In other words, every time you spend € 10 of your hard-earned money, € 5.12 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 43.1% tax rate now rises to 47.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.3% higher than what it seemed at first.